Spinning!!!!

Sorry for few updates that have been few and far between. Recently, I got into spinning wool the past few weeks. It's been sort of an off and on again obsession with trying to learn how to do it but I've become a spinning goddess at doing singles. Plying is another matter but I'm slowly reading more and more about the process so I can get consistent plys.

A month or so ago I ended up visiting the Wool Gatherers shop to pick up a student spindle and some practice fluff to work with after I ordered a spindle online with some gorgeous purple-dyed corriedale wool. I wanted to get some practice in so at least my first project didn't come out looking like what the dog chewed and spat out. As luck had turned out, I ended up picking a top whorl student spindle and the one I ordered was a bottom whorl. Big question for me was would I stick with top or bottom? Reminds me of trying to choose which bunk to sleep in back in grade school...

I actually really like the bottom whorl. The only difference between the two whorls is where the weight is put on the spindle but the result can be the same with practice no matter which you choose to spin with. Top whorls are really fast that the wool just flies but I think I get more control with a bottom whorl spindle.

As luck would have it, my aunty gave me a few bags of her leftover wooly fluff and an extra top spindle she made but didn't sue anymore so I've got tons to play with before I put more money into the hobby. There is a book coming in this Friday for me to study on spinning called Respect the Spindle that I ordered off Knitpicks along with some lace yarn for me and then some sock yarn for a pair for Greg. I even decided on a ball winder since it'll make things a lot easier in converting my stash in easier to pack, already winded bundles rather than with all the loose stuff that's floating around in my hamper basket. I've got a lot of yarn that went to Florida in a plastic bin but there is still some leftover here at home that I've put in a laundry bin for knitting up between moves. Eventually I'll take a picture of all the stuff I've practice spun.