actually spinning

penny on March 13, 2012

While I love the beauty and inspiration of spinning my own yarn, I have struggled to fit the necessary actions into my day. I’ve been working on carving out five minutes here and there and it has paid off.

I now have beautiful singles that are waiting for me to complete the next steps: building my lazy kate, finding a free bobbin, plying them together, and then creating something more with the finished yarn.

Are these the best singles ever? No. Are they my best singles? I think so. I was more consistent on many things, we’ll see how it all comes together at the end.

The singles are from a braid of polworth hand dyed by Limonene of Limonene Designs.

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6 Replies to “actually spinning”

  1. melanie March 13, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    What wonderful colours! I can’t wait to see them plied and knitted.

    1. penny March 13, 2012 at 12:33 pm

      thanks! I really want to finish the yarn too! Who knows, I might not knit it but maybe weave! time will tell. :)

  2. Limonene March 13, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    I love how your singles spun up! Can’t wait to see how they look when you ply them.

    1. penny March 13, 2012 at 12:34 pm

      thank you! i’m really impatient to ply. I want to see the finished yarn, the polworth is a great fibre to spin. thank you for introducing me to it (it to me?)

    2. melanie March 14, 2012 at 2:29 pm

      Limonene, do you ever dye Finn? I’m in Finn mode right now and could do with some lavender-into-light-grey… Your colorways are awesome!

      1. limonene March 15, 2012 at 12:44 am

        Thank you so much! I’m a bit understocked in the Scandinavian sheep right now. I’ve got Norwegian, but not Finn in quantities big enough to dye. I had some Finn in a carded prep that was just lovely, though. I’ll be on the lookout for more.

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