Yep, I’m at it again, and it’s going so well!
When I first started spinning up the Dorset wool, I was really fighting it too much. You’ve got to take a much gentler approach than I had realised. I sort of got this with the silk, but it’s making so much more sense with the roving [...]
I’ve finished my first batch of handspun silk!
I was tempted to try out the silk sample for ages after I got my drop spindle, but I already had the Dorset wool sample going on the blue rhodochrosite and lignum vitae spindle, so I got out the Llanite and rosewood spindle and started the [...]
On a whim I picked up the spare spindle I was sent and tried my hand at spinning my sample of silk roving.
OMG it’s wonderful! I’ve only tried my hand at spinning the Dorset wool so far, and whilst it’s coming along alright, I do feel awkward drafting it out to be thin enough [...]
It’s exciting that I’m finally starting to spin yarn!
So I’ve recently gotten a drop spindle and two bundles of roving, but the lady who I bought these items off of on Etsy also sent me an extra spindle and small bundle of Dorset wool roving and a sample of mulberry silk to try my hand [...]
It’s something I’ve been thinking about doing for a while, but I hope to start to learn this nifty craft in the near future. I’d like to learn to spin my own yarn.
There are a few tools one needs to spin their own yarn, and in today’s post I am going to list a few [...]