I'm getting better!
My first attempt at spinning really sucked:
Then I practiced more and more and now I'm getting better. I can pretty much make it basically the same width and uniform looking if I try, which was my biggest problem. Here's what I just finished this morning:
I bought 8 oz of White Corridale Wool from my new local yarn shop and Kool-aid dyed half of it Grape and the other half Black Cherry. I've only spun up about 4 oz. Of it so far. There's about 52 yards. I plied it, too. The colors kinda remind me of the Circus.
Next up I think I'm going to work even harder to make it all the same width and spin up some single ply stuff. But first I need more fiber!!
Then I practiced more and more and now I'm getting better. I can pretty much make it basically the same width and uniform looking if I try, which was my biggest problem. Here's what I just finished this morning:
I bought 8 oz of White Corridale Wool from my new local yarn shop and Kool-aid dyed half of it Grape and the other half Black Cherry. I've only spun up about 4 oz. Of it so far. There's about 52 yards. I plied it, too. The colors kinda remind me of the Circus.
Next up I think I'm going to work even harder to make it all the same width and spin up some single ply stuff. But first I need more fiber!!
posted by Kaity at
3:06 PM
7 Comments:
Both photos of spun yarn lookgreat to me. But I am no spinner. LOL! I love the pink and purple one together...LOL!
there is a cute hat to make out of handspun on Knitty.com in the Knitty Spin section.. you might have enough of the purple/pink to make it.
Wow, what a difference in the two yarns! The pink/purple looks really great. :)
Actually your first handspun is pretty damn even. Nice job. Love you barber pole yarn!
look at you go!!!! i love the 2-ply!
you should check out kpixie for some rovings, and then also try perchance to knit's etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=16673)
Congrats on your first spin! I think they both look great--
I like them both, too. I enjoy knitting with yarn that is different thicknesses because it looks cool to me. Of course it's frustrating when you want it even
=)*)
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