Shiny shiny shiny!!!

[theyellowhobbit]

It's my first ball of yarn on the wheel! I was having trouble yesterday, but today I switched some of the pieces so I'd be spinning on a larger and slower-moving bobbin. Then I decided that instead of using the Icelandic roving that came with the wheel, I'd use my merino wool, since the merino is a lot smoother, and it's easier to spin with better fibers.

And my efforts paid off. And now I can spin. It's not 100% even, but as I got the hang of it, my spinning became more regular.

And now I have to figure out what to make out of this ball of yarn!

Comments

[galads-forest.livejournal.com]

That's super cool! Do you feel like some sort of fairytale character when you spin? Like that girl in Rumplestiltskin?

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

A little. Though the fairy-tale spinning wheels are more like this (http://www.sheepstreet.com/elizabeth.jpg).

It would be cool if I could spin straw into gold, though.

[galads-forest.livejournal.com]

spinning straw into gold would be a profitable venture. It could also help you land a handsome prince.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

And then I could crochet him a golden kippah?

(Since obviously he has to be a handsome Jewish prince...)

[superducky1.livejournal.com]

what does your wheel look like

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

The picture in this post: http://sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com/370239.html#cutid1

[platypuses.livejournal.com]

http://colorwhirl.livejournal.com/444023.html

(I'm not advocatin', I just had to put it out there.)

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Wow. Where did you find that?

[platypuses.livejournal.com]

heh, on my friends list. Sorry, I just thought it was funny.

[poppyflowerfibr.livejournal.com]

Your yarn is BEAUTIFUL!! And I'm such a sucker for magenta. You must be so proud!! I prefer spinning the finer, smoother fibers like merino too. That is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It actually wasn't as even as it looks in the picture. But I managed to turn it into a hat, anyways (well, it almost was enough, and then I had some of the same merino spun from my drop spindle and I used some of that for the last few rows.)