teach me to fake it
This weekend I took the Spinning 101 class at Hill Country Weavers. I now know how to spin. Check it out!
yarn spun on a drop spindle
my second attempt with a drop spindle
After the first class I borrowed a drop spindle and worked at home. I really wanted to spend time working on my drafting, and after about three hours I finally got a good hang of it. Turns out I wasn’t preparing my roving well enough before I started spinning it up.
first attempt with a drop spindle
If you can tell from this picture of my first spinning attempt, this yarn isn’t drafted as well and has big chunks in it.
first attempt on a wheel
This is what I got after spending two hours with a spinning wheel. LOVED IT. I really want one now. This is bad.
close up of wheel-spun yarn
I think you can see in this shot that the thickness of the yarn is a bit more consistent. There are still chunks in there, but it’s not nearly as bad as before.
color carding
After lunch on Day 2 we played around with color carding. The teacher had me spin up her examples, and I did a few of my own. Very very fun.
variegated yarn
I spent the last hour or so spinning up my own concoction … it’s a striping/variegated yarn with dark red, pink, blue, purple, and mint green. I’m trying to figure out something to knit up with it.
I now love spinning and really want my own wheel. I’ve been eying a few on eBay; I really want a Louët. I used the Louët Victoria in class today, though that is way out of my price range. I like the modern look of the Louët wheels a whole lot. We’ll see what happens. For now I’ll just go over to HCW and use the wheels that they have set up at Knit Buzz.