My first hank!

[telophase]

The results of my first attempt at spinning! This was with a drop spindle. I sat at a spinning wheel and treadled it for a good long while to get the feel, but we went to the spindle to get started on actual spinning. The two women at the weaver's guild shop--there was an open class time but I was the only student who showed up--gave me a good lecture on their wheels and their techniques as well.


They were very complimentary towards my efforts and praised my joins, and when Mom wandered back in from the clothing shop in the same strip center that she'd gone to browse in, they chorused "She's a spinner!"

It'll still be a while before I produce anything nice, but I've learned the basics, and have been assured that I will now understand what people on YouTube spinning videos are talking about. I can spend a while spinning on the drop spindle and see if I want to save up for an actual wheel and learn that.

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Comments

[yhlee]

Seriously cool!

[telophase]

It seems to be a nice, meditative hobby. And if I actually produce anything worthwhile, I know enough people who do fiber arts that I can pass the yarn on and get it out of the house, instead of sitting around cluttering up the place and gathering dust.

[yhlee]

From what I know of yarn stashes, it's good to be prepared on this front!

[telophase]

I look forward to handing my mother my first horribly lumpy full-length skein and telling her to weave something with it because SHE IS MY MOTHER and she HAS TO.

(And she's very good at putting it aside and making excuses, so it'll never get made, but still!)

[thistleingrey]

Awesome!

I have much respect for spinners and (despite rampant curiosity about many things) no interest in learning to spin. :) Is it plied, or am I "misreading" your sample?

[telophase]

Thanks! :D

Nope, it's not plied--I think it's the twist in the hank making it look like that.

[lrodell.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! It looks nice and soft^^

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[affreca.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the spinning fold.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Not bad for a first whirl!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks!

[rurounitriv.livejournal.com]

Looks pretty good for a first try!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D