...but still creating!!!
I have lots of hobbies. Too many actually!
One of them is knitting. Several years ago I was given a spinning wheel for Xmas. It stood as decoration for a few years untill I decided to teach myself to spin. I don't know anyone who spins so I read a lot of aritcles, googled spinning and had a lot of trail and error. Mostley error!!
Then I went to a local crafts fair and there was a lady there spinning wool mixed with dogs hair! I asked her how she did it, spinning, because I could not for my life get the hang of it. Being very kind, she plonked me down in front of her wheel, told me to not bother about treadling (she did that) and just made me concentrate on my hands and the wool. And guess what??
It all clicked!! All the bits fell in to place and I was off. I managed to get a sack of sheeps wool that a sheep farmer in the neighbourhood was going to throw out (!!) and I used that to practice on. It was white so I also had a play around with dying. I used plants, I used synthetic dyes and I had a wonderful time experimenting.
I LOVE spinning! It is so relaxing. This is my latest yarn. This roving was bought at a craft fair and has spun in to a lovely mottled yarn. I prefer Navaho plying which is a single yarn that is looped while spinning to become a 3-ply yarn. Love this technique. Much better than 2-ply. I havent got the patience to spin 2 spools of single yarn to ply. I want to ply straight away!!
Not sure what to knit from this yarn yet. Only 200 grams .... Hmmmm, I'll have to think.
