Saturday, January 24, 2009

Why I Haven't Posted: My New Hobby

So, it's not actually the reason that I haven't posted, but I've been busy with a new hobby.

I blame it on a knit night at Crazy Girl. I was sitting there knitting away, and in walks a man and his wife. She starts knitting; he starts spinning. Yep, he was making yarn. Oh, that was cool. He would just sit there and spin his spindle and make fiber into something to knit with. I was interested but too scared to really talk to him about it. Plus, let's face it, I didn't know if I was going to keep knitting as a passion. Three months later, I'm opening a spindle and fiber package for Christmas.

I am now making my own yarn. Don't get me wrong, I'm not spinning all my yarn, most of it will make some interesting projects, and I'm spinning 3 different spindles now, so I've only finished one mini skein.

My Christmas present
zebisischristmasgift
(from a wonderful shop: zebisis designs)

I spun the mini batt first. No pics of that one, but here's what I've managed I've managed to work on with this spindle.

Spinning on my Christmas spindle
ChristmasWIP

Here's a close-up of the yarn.
secondspin

Spinning on my Opalite flower spindle--fiber is BFL superwash from knit fit knitting
floweropalite


I also joined zebisisdesigns spindle and fiber of the month club with some money I received for Christmas. I got my first package this month. I LOVE IT!!!

goldstone

Spinning on my Goldstone spindle--Crazy Isis Art batt fiber
carlinabatt