My First Spinning Project
January 7th, 2007 by Matt
I tried spinning on new years day. My wife has a spinning wheel and I had never knew why she wanted to spin her own yarn. I would always ask why don’t you just by the yarn already made.
So on Jan 1 2007 I thought I would try it and it was fun and very relaxing. I did have to concentrate to be able to make anything and I did not do a good job but it was my first try so I did not expect much.
I had used my wifes fiber I just bought some of my own fiber
The blue one is merino wool and the gray is merino wool with silk. Today I spun 2 bobbins half full of yarn/fiber (I don’t know what to call it) and tomorrow I will ply it into yarn. It took me about 2 hours to make the 2 bobbins
I don’t think this will be my best yarn there were some very big and very narrow parts of the yarn and I think I may over spun the yarn because I could not keep up with the wheel. Well I will see what happens tomorrow when I ply them together.
The fiber is beautiful, and hey, there’s a whole cottage industry devoted to making thick and thin novelty yarns! I’ve heard a lot of spinners try so hard to get an even yarn that eventually, they forget how to make the thick and thing poofy stuff. I try to alternate thickness of yarn from one batch of handspun to the next so I don’t get stuck in a rut. But spinning is kind of mesmerizing, isn’t it? My husband tried it once, and then wound up buying some absolutely gorgeous black and white silk/alpaca blend at a fiber show. He hasn’t spun it yet, tho, and it’s really hard for me keep myself from spinning it.