Random skill...

So I took a class last week at make1yarn studio ... What kind of class you ask? Well a hand-spinning class of course! It sounds pretty random, but it's also pretty cool. I purchased a drop spindle from twist of fate a couple of months ago, but I just couldn't get it going. I watched a bunch of you-tube videos (which probably didn't help) and decided that I needed someone to teach me in person. See below for the finished product:


It's 100% merino top, with some purples and blues that spun up beatifully. I got 12 metres out of the fibre that I spun up... and I have no idea what I should make with it, but it looks cool and I can say that I made my own yarn (not that I know anyone that I could actually brag about that to, but hey, it's different!).

I started spinning up some other roving that I purchased when I picked up the drop spindle, so I'll have to post about that when I'm finished.

On the needles right now, I have the "lace ribbon scarf". It's pretty slow to knit up, and I'm not sure about the yarn (Fleece Artist Sea Wool) because it is putting some random colour stripes through the scarf:

Pattern: Lace Ribbon Scarf by Veronik Avery
Yarn: Fleece Artist 'Sea Wool'

Oh, and the one-sided scarf from my last post... it's been frogged and I'm working on re-knitting it on my new Addi lace turbos!


That's it for now, thanks for reading!

~knittypie