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
(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
Here's a close-up of the yarn.
Spinning on my Opalite flower spindle--fiber is BFL superwash from knit fit knitting
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!!!
Spinning on my Goldstone spindle--Crazy Isis Art batt fiber
3 comments:
That is *so* cool.
Don't do it!
Oh yes, it starts with some innocent spinning. Oh, lets try that color and hey that spindle looks pretty cool.
But just you wait. Give it a year and BAM! you'll just have to have a spinning wheel.
And then about a year later you'll have turned into someone like me.
4 sheep, a spinning wheel, and a drum carder.
And lots of dye ideas and deciding that you need to learn to knit.
At least, it COULD happen like that.
:)
Ah the spinning bug is quite contagious! You're spinning is gorgeous already! Have you been checking out wheels yet? We have just started a new swap at the Spindle Addicts Swap group on ravelry if you interested.....we are enablers!
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