The Spinning Post

The second spinning lesson was so much fun, though all we really did was spin some more, and ply. But as we plied more recent spinning with our first attempts, we were noticing an improvement. And plying is so fast – and at the end you have yarn!

Here’s mine, after washing:

The brown hank is what I’ve been spinning at home, the white is from the class.

Last night I tried a different technique with some pre-dyed roving. I want to make a slubby yarn. I preprepared the roving by pulling it into longer, thinner sections, pulling some parts a bit more to make the thin bits between the slubs. I spun this on a drop spindle because I wanted to work slowly, and I reckon the wheel would go too fast.

Going well so far. I’m going to ply it with a black metallic thread.

At the Guild I bought this book. (The piece of felt in the background is what I made a few weeks ago, by just ‘massaging’ fibres in an old tray.)

Like I need another hobby.

4 thoughts on “The Spinning Post

  1. Trudi,

    I have found you!! Your yarn is amazing washed, I am about to start the washing process with my poor sample!! The white really did come up a lovely white and the brown looks great…..what are you going to use them for?

    Rebecca

  2. Hi Rebecca! Welcome to my blog!

    I haven’t decided what to make out of the yarn yet, though I have lots of the brown so maybe, just maybe, I’ll manage a vest. The white… I’ll wait and see how it dyes up!

  3. I just started my first spinning with a drop spindle this week. I am so much coveting a wheel! Felting is fun. I have dabbled in both wet felting and needle felting. The needle felting is much cleaner but the process takes longer. Can’t wait to see all you make.

  4. Well done on some great yarn, and welcome to the world of spinning. Once there, you are ours forever!

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