There is a box with a spindle and some fluff sitting in a corner of the apartment that I’ve cast guilty looks at every evening for weeks. I thought ‘I’ve let it go so long I probably suck at it now, better to not open the box and find out!’. I’ve been travelling so much that spinning has really taken a hit.
Last weekend I resolved to confront the evil box of guilt-inducing fluff and opened it up and gave it a try. I achieved something that felt like Malabrigo Rasta’s obese brother. I swatched it anyways, and even on 8mm I was pushing it. I thought ‘I can do better than this’. I did it again.
This time, something that was officially a bulky yarn, and actually knittable! 6mm needles gave me this swatch. I knew I could do still better. I was getting the hang of this fluff, and showing it who was boss.
At last… the worsted weight. Comfortable on 4.5mm needles and I think with enough of it I could actually make something.
This all made me want a wheel, but alas that’s out of the budget right now. However, I feel good about the progress.
I felt so good that when I took time out in Vancouver to visit a yarn store (in search of Sweet Georgia yarn of course) I surprised myself by purchasing roving instead. I got these 2 gorgeous colours from a company called ‘Two Sisters’.
And of course one skein of Sweet Georgia ;)
With these I hope to finally use the beautiful bottom whorl spindle gifted to me by my pen pals in Boston. Can’t wait to see what comes of it!
And of course, while I was shooting I finally took pictures of the other, even more beautiful spindle that was gifted to me from my pen pals – this one is from monks in the Bedouin desert. I love it because it reminds me that very little is needed for beautiful spinning!
reminds me of that unspun bare roving sitting under my desk glaring at me…. the colorways you picked are beautiful btw!
Isn’t it funny how fluff can glare? It’s somehow reminiscent if the way the cat looks when I’m late to feed her…
at least you get a glare. i just get MEOWWWWMEOWWWMEMEWMOEOWWWWW… and that’s usually a good half hour before her feeding time.
you did a nice job on the spinning! all that fiber looks so gorgeous.
Lovely Shireen! Its funny as I am just getting someone to make me a nice spindle to replace the one I had borrowed from a friend that had to go back. I have a wheel but sometimes get more done with my spindle as it is portable and I seem to draft better with it that the wheel??