First forays into spinning...

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Spinning is addictive. That is for sure, at least for me. Last night I woke myself up muttering about yarn and trying to draft in my sleep (that is part of the spinning process, FYI). I am pretty sure that's part of the sleep-reinforcing-learning thing, because yarn on day 2 was drastically different from yarn on day 1. Here, I will show you...

Very terribly blurry picture of day 1 yarn. (I go back and forth about the color, part of my brain going "it's dryer lint" and part of my brain going "it's a good neutral sheepy color." Usually thought 1 makes me giggle, and thought 2 makes me think of patterns...). Day 1 we were told we were making "art yarn", because it would probably be very lumpy and thick and thin. Mine was, indeed:



Day 2 my yarn was muuuuuuuuch thinner, almost laceweight, and also I think I may have put too much twist in it. But it was also much more consistent in width (and I couldn't make it go super thick on purpose whoops). Am I developing this mystical "default yarn" people talk about? Anyway, I started to understand things like, "If I put hands here and do this then this happens, but if I do it this way, then this happens." FUN.



No photos of Day 3 yarn because I haven't spun much *sadface* because it's coold and a pain day. I did spin for like 5 minutes so I could say I had spun some, and I will probably spin more later. However, yarn was a bit thicker than Day 2 and also came out much more smoothly with less breakage (which was a problem day 2).

Oh, and Day 2 I also plied some yarn together because OMG HOW COULD I WAIT.



It is about 19g of chunky or maybe even bulky 2-ply yarn, and I still have to "full" it in class before I can knit with it. Am super duper tempted to look up how on the internet and do so NOW and knit NOW, but am waiting because instructor tends to have good tips...even though yarn is caaaaaaalllling. I have no idea what I'm going to knit with it, particularly because now I'm spinning tiny yarn. I do have a tiny bit of the thicker yarn left because my two balls were not quite the same size, so I could make a bit more.

Maybe enough to incorporate into another project (like my art shawl) or perhaps make a headband? Ideas welcome.

Also welcome: general spinning tips or links to spinning blogs

Not welcome due to brain: "your yarn is could be better because/if you/etc..."

Comments

[syntaxofthings]

Eee spinning! ^o^ Go you!

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Thank you! <3

[kaberett]

I am SO GLAD you are enjoying it after the stress last week <3

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Me too! <3

[31stcentury]

hurray spinning! I have a drop spindle somewheres but do not remember how to do it. I assume I'll circle back to it at some point as happens with so many crafty things. in the meantime I will enjoy your pictures a lot!

❤

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<3 Thank you! Yes, it's funny how crafty things cycle round, isn't it? It's why I have All The Supplies, even for things I don't currently do much of.

[lynnoconnacht]

Eeeeeeeeeeee! Pretty! It sounds like soooooo much fun! <3 I'm glad you're enjoying it! <3<3<3<3<3<3

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<3 <3 <3 Thank you! *dances*

[dragovianknight]

Yaaaaarn!

I love your little ball of chunky yarn.

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Thank you! Now I can't seem to spin chunky though! It's weird, everything I spin is super thin. Maybe too much twist? I dunno. I'll ask the instructor on Sunday. :D

[spiralsheep]

\o/

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*dances*

[alee_grrl]

Yay! Go you! \0/

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Thanks! <3 Soooooooooo fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.