Saturday, March 28, 2009

I Am Not Knitting ......

..... don't panic ! I have not given up knitting but just indulging in a little distraction ........ learning spindle spinning !

Angeline, a member of our Saturday's City Nits' session is a spinner & I have been watching her spin for the last few months & became interested. I was encouraged by Angeline & so invested in a spindle, which is handcrafted by Angeline's dad.
Then I had to go & buy some tops so that I can start spinning. June at BilbyYarns recommended this ....
..... 200gms of silver grey "Melanian" pure Australian wool & I also saw this & could not resist buying some .....
..... 10gms of 100% Australian merino in various shades of blues & lavender !
Then I started spinning with the help of Angeline & I had a little bit of my 1st hand spun .....
..... it was really interesting to watch as the little bits of wool twist & turn & became yarn. I was quite tense as I could not control the thickness of the yarn & the frequent breakages & my arms started to ache.
But I think I am slowly getting the hang of spinning & the results are much better. I am spinning a little every day & at this stage, I don't know if it will be as addicitive as knitting. I just want to spin enough yarn to knit a project !





4 comments:

Amanda said...

Your spinning loos pretty good! I bought myself a beautiful spindle but I just can't get the hang of it. Time to try again.

Rebecca said...

Oh no! Another one bites the dust!

Monika said...

Yeah, you go girl! Pretty fiber you've got there! :o)

At Home Mommy Knits said...

Exciting....good luck with your spinning.