Spinning yarn. I learned to spin on a drop spindle a few years ago. There is nothing like giving a gift that you knitted from yarn you spun and dyed yourself. This yarn will probably end up being knit into a lacy shawl. I've got several other colors, some already spun, some waiting to be spun. It is my dream to one day have a traditional spinning wheel. But for now, the home made drop spindles will have to do.
The good news is this guy:
finally ate! It was his first meal since March 24. I've heard that a healthy snake can go up to a year without eating and not suffer any detrimental effects. Most can certainly go a few months without eating and not have any problems. However, when you have one that's been off his feed, it is such a relief when they start eating again.
You spin too? We have got to get together sometime, lady! I'm just about halfway through my first sweater done with homespun, though wheel spun, not spindled. I have another, barely started, that's being spun up on a heavy low-whorl.
ReplyDeleteI have an Ashford Traveller, and would recommend it. It's a nice little wheel - not dreadfully expensive (about $125-150). I asked for contributions to my wheel fund for Christmas, and accumulated enough pretty quickly.
I will get down there some day; I will; I will!
Yes, we do have to get together!
ReplyDeleteRight now, it's not so much the money as the space that is keeping me from getting a wheel. Since every spare inch in my house is stuffed with either snake cages or drawing and knitting supplies, I have no idea where I'd put even a small wheel!