Silky Spinning
March 8th, 2005 at 8:33 am (spinning)
As if two half fleeces and 1/5th of another fleece isn’t enough, I bought this at the yarn store we stopped at after the sheep farm visit:
Silk roving! I first picked up the blue. Then wondered "What on earth am I going to do with this?". Then I picked up the silvery/purple, thinking they might be really pretty plyed together.
I think I’ll be drop spindling this stuff. More control (in theory). :)
Jill said,
March 8th, 2005 at 10:34 am
Wow! I can’t wait to see what this looks like spun! And look forward to sometime in the future seeing something made with it!
marta said,
March 9th, 2005 at 8:13 am
ooo - will you be spinning at Borders Saturday? You’re very brave to try silk with a drop spindle… I’ll admit I felt a little left out of the fleece purchase extravaganza but then felt very grateful. I love buying fleeces and have many, many in the “stash basement.” sigh. I’ll bring Sirdal so you can all “ooo” and “aaahhh” over my reckless cutting. See you then? m