Spinning is not bed

[theyellowhobbit]

I should sleep. But I've been having too much fun spinning my emerald green merino wool. I'm finally using the fast flyer, which makes it go really fast! (It's easier to spin slowly when you first start, so I had been afraid to use it up until now.) Whee! Look at it go! If only I could draft more quickly.

The problem is I have no clue how many yards I've spun, so I don't know how much more I need to spin for the current project. This is the first yarn I've spun since moving to Cambridge that is for me to knit (even if I'm giving away the final product.) Everything else has been for gifts to other knitters.

And once I finish with the emerald merino I might use the really nice stuff I bought from poppyflowerfibr. (It's so shiny!) Though I'm not sure what I'm making with that. I might just be making yarn. I need projects small enough that I won't run out of yarn. But I have a pair of wrist warmers now and don't seem to need another any time soon. I have a nice hat (though I guess I could use another). I have 2 really nice scarves in the making (llama and alpaca). So I'm not sure what this roving/yarn will be. It might be a while before I get to it anyways, since I need to knit up all the aforementioned projects. I'm looking forward to working with handspun yarn. Especially the alpaca I have going on my drop spindle. Ooh! An alpaca hat! I'm going to make myself an alpaca hat if I have enough yarn!

Comments

[wotyfree.livejournal.com]

Have you even spun l'shem mitzvat tzitzit? Because that would be ridiculously cool.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

No, but I should. I want to make my own tallis* (#star) but I'm not sure whether knitted fabric (non-shatnez of course) would be acceptable. I'm thinking there might be an issue with it not being solid enough. Then again it all depends on the yarn and needles.


* (#star_back) I don't normally wear tallitot, but both SCM and Tremont Street require one for leading services and reading from the Torah. CJC never made me wear one, so I don't really understand it. But I humor them. My current tallit is scarfy shaped and I want one that's shaped the way it's supposed to be shaped.

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

You could spin yarn and then weave a tallit from it...

And by the way, I am happy to say I actually know what roving is - and I have some. I am learning how to spin on a drop spindle.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

The problem with that is that I don't weave...

Did you ever try knitting up the yarn I made for you?

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

I'd be crocheting it, and no, I have not yet come up with a special use for it. Partly because I haven't been crocheting much of anything lately.

It is still sitting in a very pretty ball on my desk. :)