Let me be clear: I am really not good at this whole spinning wool into yarn thing yet. And since I only have a drop spindle (i.e. no spinning wheel), I am excessively slow at the whole process.
But this, of course, does not stop me from feeling immensely clever every time I make something. Take this for example:
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| Close-up. Single ply, fat/bulky 100% Merino from Abstract Fiber of Portland, OR in colorway "Snapdragon" |
This past weekend, I took some roving of the same color way...
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| This is roving....essentially a long, dense, prepared strand of fiber that you use to spin with. |
and spun it slightly differently.
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| First ply done and waiting on a paper towel tube. Second ply being spun on my crappy, crappy, needs-to-be-replaced-with-this spindle. |
Look what happened!!!
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| I'm a friggin' genius! Or at least as smart as a gifted seven-year-old. |
See how even though I started with the same raw material, it came out utterly different.
This is not something new to spinners. Had I plied it differently (perhaps a chain ply, that I am going to pretend I already know how to do for the sake of argument), it would have looked even different still....actually I am tempted to go back for a third round of this fiber to do exactly that.
Thrilled, I tell you! Thrilled!
Amazing! Although the scientist in my is eager for a controlled experiment...is that totally incompatible with spinning? :) Those colors are GORGEOUS, too. Thoughts for what you'll do with the finished products?
ReplyDeleteVery, very incompatible with spinning....or rather, very incompatible with the inconsistent variable of my bad spinning-skills. In this case, however, I meant for them to turn out differently.
ReplyDeleteIf you wanted to make my gift out of one of those, I wouldn't complain :) Nice work lady!
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