its a funny thing

Sometimes I spin and it's terrible and sometimes it's great.  I'm getting closer to having an outcome be sort of intentional, the ratio and the wool and the twist and the draft are sort of starting to work OK together. 
Whether or not the outcome is good though, the spinning is fantastic.  Even the superwash.  Which turns out to have some compensations. 

about 117 yards, 4 ounces (Kellee? Yea or Nay?)

It came out cushy and elastic and really quite beautiful.  Amy Boogie is gifted with the dye and prep.

Since I ripped out my sweater, knitting and I have been on a little break.  But that's OK, because I have a metric megaton of wool in my house, even more so since I had my terrible, terrible falling down at Morro Fleece Works.  Ironic, given that the Maryland S&W on Saturday kicks off the festival season and I sort of already filled my house.  A little premature fiber explosion.  Living in the living room.

These things happen to everyone.  But look at this stuff. 

  Rambouillet and Llama pindrafted roving. Not QUITE this orange.  So smooth I'm spinning right from the coil.  I love the singles.  Aiming for a worsted 3 ply.  Guess that means I'll have to learn how to 3-ply, yes?  It is phenomenal.

The rest of the recent product.

The copper two-ply turns out to be light and springy - uneven of course, but considering I spun bits of it on three different wheels over a year, I can live with it.  It's a CVM/silk from Crosspatch Creations via Carolina Homespun.  The color on the link is truer.

I estimate about 320 yards, 165 g.  I still have maybe 135 g left unspun.

The latest skein of the ongoing taupe ramboullet.  Its kind of an irregular roving, mostly because it was a slightly irregular fleece but still the softest thing going.  And actually my plan appears to be working.  This wool is teaching me to spin.

oldest at the bottom, newest on top.

Also there's this, which is the very first roving I lost my self control over.  2 lbs of angora/merino from the Woolen Rabbit, been sitting in the drawer for nearly two years waiting for me to learn enough that spinning it wasn't the exact same thing as setting it on fire.

 

 

Comments

[Astrid]

"spinning it wasn't the exact same thing as setting it on fire."

Too funny, and too right! I've got 3 oz. of baby camel/tussah roving that I need to come to that feeling about.

[Cassie]

Okay, get me on a wheel. I'm ready to be corrupted. We'll talk.

[jessie]

All beautiful, and yet I have to say the Rambouillet looks like you could climb in the picture and go to sleep on it. Yum yum yum.

[carrie]

Wow, you have to be totally proud of your work! I am striving for perfection with my spindle, but sometimes I sit and dream about a wheel... I'm looking forward to seeing how you do a three-ply.

[Sonya]

Spinning = angora immolation, now that made me laugh. Looks like you are well on your way, making me want to drag my wheel out of the closet and dust it off.

[Lee Ann]

So, you're liking this spinning thing, then.

(hehehe)

[Janine]

Lovely spinning, second request for the name of the Boogie roving :-)

[Beth S.]

OMG, the orange stuff, I WANT. :-)

And all that Rambouillet is impressive. That's a very cool record of your spinning education.

[Em]

Great yarns! It's so amazing to think that we can turn pretty fluff into something so beautiful. Your spinning looks wonderfully fine & even to me, and as a very new spinner, I'm jealous or your skills and your stash!

[Lise in NJ]

oh my goodness. what you've done to/for me, is prime the pump for Sunday in Maryland. Since I don't spin but my travelling companion does, and has generously offered to spin up a batch of something of my choosing, just for me. If there's nothing at MDSW to compare to the Amy Boogie's peacock colorway, I am still all set. (I always love the blue-green stuff).

[Kellee]

So...that photo #3? The one w/the three different things in it? Those three things? Need to somehow be incorporated into one knitted item together. I know that steals one skein from your Rambouillet stack, but seriously....just LOOK at those 3 together.

What, btw, IS that Boogie colorway? Just, you know...curious is all. Call it personal edfication.

Ahem.

And stop it with the Morro postings. Just stop it. You CAN'T make me spend my kid's therapy fund in their eBay store, you can't. La la la la la la la la la -- I can't HEAR you..........

[regina]

Lovely, lovely stuff, all of it. Have fun in Maryland! I'm a wee bit envious that I'm not going, but I've got mountains of yarn and fiber to plow through before bringing any more into the house. Because i have little-to-no self-control, it's best that I just stay away from all that temptation.

[naomi]

Damn, I need to have a terrible falling-down near some orangey wool/llama like that.

[Marcy]

Wow. What you're doing with that angora & merino is beautiful!

[beth]

Isn't it a wonderful feeling top have all of that yarn YOU MADE YOURSELF! Beautiful.

[Laurie]

You are doing honor to that merino/angora. Isn't it SOFT?

I, too, could put a serious dent in your stash. But you are already doing that.

[Shannon B]

"spinning it wasn't the exact same thing as setting it on fire."

I feel the same way about my entire stash - yarn, fabric, whatever. I have fabric I've owned for *fifteen* years, waiting for me to be "good enough" to make it up. Like it would be a waste for me to use Irish linen for a shirt for myself, especially if it's not Perfect.

[Margaret]

Please, no more links to fabulous fiber that I go over and buy at 1am. Merino/silk/angora, Blue Lagoon.

[anne]

hahaha! that last comment was classic. boy everything looks great; like a spinning heaven over there. can i move in? maybe just for a week or so? then, you know, you could come here and we can do it all over again . . .

[Shannon B]

"spinning it wasn't the exact same thing as setting it on fire."

I feel the same way about my entire stash - yarn, fabric, whatever. I have fabric I've owned for *fifteen* years, waiting for me to be "good enough" to make it up. Like it would be a waste for me to use Irish linen for a shirt for myself, especially if it's not Perfect.