So I had my second spinning lesson. During which Sandy looked at my yarnish globs, and then made a few adjustments to increase the amount of twist I was getting on my yarn. Turns out that unlike most new spinners, I didn't have enough spin in my yarn, thus the problem with it falling apart like 8-year-old underpants. I did manage to spin a yarn-like substance:
Which I swatched into this:
The purple yarn is a nice corriedale blend, which I get along with better than the (slicker) merino or alpaca. Although, after seeing Sandy's little alpaca herd, I felt a little bit guilty.
"Really -- you would rather spin wool???"
I guess that's okay. **Sigh** . . .
don't give it another thought . . .
I tried to reassure them that, hopefully, some day I would be coordinated enough to spin alpaca, but they just gazed at me with their huge liquid eyes. Sure lady. That's what all the rotten sheep-lovers say.



2 comments:
Hmm -- designer yarn... you obviously haven't seen this stuff: http://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/yarndetail/982
Look at how much they're charging for this little clump of yarn!
I have absolutely no affiliation with, nor would I buy, this yarn, despite the similarity of the company name with the name of my blog. And the fact that we're in the same state makes it even worse. Maybe I should change the blog name.
I meant to say yours looks much better!
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