You Spin Me Right Round Baby, Right Round
The fiber show was, rather as expected, full of fluffy goodness. Kinda smelly, but good none the less. While I was there, I realized that I’m not as clear on the difference between sheep and goats as I thought I was. See these guys? I’m pretty sure buddy on the right there is a sheep, but what about buster on the left. Do the creepy rectangular pupils mean he’s a goat, or do some sheep have those too?
I managed not to bring home too much yarn. I picked up some goodies for the book, and I’ll tell you all about that in a later post. I also bought two skeins of yarn from Knitting Notions, one for me and one for The Boy. Alas, I showed less restraint when it came to spinning supplies. I got two lovely spindles and three different sorts of fiber. Now I know I said I was done with spinning. I thought I was. Then I went and signed up for the Silk Retreat. I figure if I’m going to fly across the country to take a class, 1/3 of which is spinning, I’d damn well better practice. I don’t want to look the fool in front of Judith MacKenzie. Perhaps not surprisingly, I’m finding spinning is easier (and far more pleasant) on the fancy expensive spindle than it was on the cheap one made from a dowel and a toy wheel that came with my learn to spin kit.
They both look like sheep to me, but then, what do I know? I’m a city girl newly arrived in the country and my friends here laugh at me.
I’ve recently taken up spinning and I discovered that those toy spindles are crap. If DH hadn’t bought me several gorgeous spindles as a gift from overseas, I probably would have given up already. Now I’m contemplating getting a wheel. Eventually.
Sheep and goats have the funky square pupils. I need to get back to my wheels, it helps calm me down.
I love spinning… I started with a toy wheel spindle and then got a beautiful Golding ringspindle for an anniversary which made me really understand spinning… and now I have two different wheels. Which I’m sure will fascinate the kitten who’s arriving sometime in the next few weeks.
They also fascinate my friends, but that is neither here nor there. 🙂
Anyway. I found that after spindling on my Golding and spinning on my wheel, I’m much more able to make yarn on a toy wheel spindle. But it was definitely a lot easier to learn on equipment that helped me out a bit. 😛
Yes! I just went back to the toy to finish up the fiber on it, and found that it was easier than before. Just a few hours of practice on the real spindle had made all the difference. I still like the fancy one better, but the toy is fairly manageable now too. I fear I’ll end up with a wheel. I’ve already got the kittens!