Yarn Dreams

I’ve been itching to do some spinning since I purchased the alpaca fiber last week. I have a growing stash of nice fiber, but haven’t had the nerve to spin much of it for fear of ‘ruining’ it.
In my defense, it’s not like knitting – if I mess up, I can’t just un-spin [...]

Before I started spinning, I imagined that it would be difficult to actually knit with (and “use up”) the yarns that I spun. In fact, the opposite has been true for me. I love knitting with my handspun yarn, and only worry a little about finding the perfect pattern to [...]

I’ve been spinning!
I set my wheel up for the first time since we moved in April. My room (craft room? knitting room? relaxation room? I’m not sure what to call it yet.) is almost put together so I have a nice space to spin without feeling like I’m talking over the living room.

The [...]

Last Friday, I was there.
The weather was chilly and a little rainy, but luckily only part of the fair was outside and we hit that part first before it rained. Hubby joined me, since we both had the day off work and he truly enjoys looking at all of the fiber-y goodness. [...]

I just remembered that I snapped this photo of Lennie, my spinning wheel being packed to move.
I realize that the folding Lendrum is built to be folded and moved around, but the only time I’ve done it is when I brought him home from The Fold. Still safely enclosed in the original box [...]

I have knit exactly one row in the last three weeks. Things have been extra busy at work and with the overtime, moving, packing, cleaning, planning, etc. I haven’t had much time to sit and concentrate on knitting. I need a vacation. And maybe some chocolate cake? Oh, [...]

(Last catch-up post. Woo!)
I happened across this cute little spinning wheel bag on Ravelry and knew I had to make it.

I don’t have any of the little tools that are supposed to go in it yet, and to be honest am not really sure even what they are. But the bag is cute, huh?
In [...]

I finished spinning and plying my Spunky Eclectic roving Wednesday night. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t end up looking anywhere near what I was imaging but I’m sure that will improve with practice. (Whether my spinning improves to match my expectations or my expectations become more reasonable is anyone’s guess.) I haven’t [...]

As I’ve mentioned, I took a spinning class a few years ago and during the class I used a ball of roving that had four colors carded next to each other, so there was very little mixing of colors at the joins.

During the class, I decided to divide the colors and spin the yarn so [...]

Last Saturday, my husband and I drove out to The Fold in Marengo, IL and purchased my new BFF.

This is a Lendrum Double Treadle with the complete kit: flyer and bobbins, kate, jumbo plying head and flyer, and fast flyer. Yeah. It feels a little (ok, very) extravagant, but I’ve [...]