Saturday, January 3, 2009

New year, new addiction

I have a new addiction. Spinning. For Christmas, my parents got me a Kromski Sonata and I'm in LOVE. If I'm not knitting (or umm finishing up Christmas gifts) I'm spinning. The first thing I spun up was 8 ounces of some potluck roving I got from Paradise fibers. The color is called Vine maple.
This is the singles (crappy photo but my first ever wheel handspun)
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Which I then plied
First ever yarn
And is currently being knitted into a scarf.
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(See the needles? Those are also a Christmas gift from my parents. They got me a Knitpicks options kit, which I've been wanting for quite some time)
I wanted the yarn to be the main focus, not the stitch pattern, so I'm doing a simple ribbing.
Then I went and grabbed a merino/silk (80/20) blend that I got from etsy and spun it up. It took some getting used to spinning with silk, even that little bit. But I think I did pretty good. I love the colors
Singles
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Then plied
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Then I went stash (umm fiber?) diving and came up with a Hanks in the hood batt, also from paradise. It's 3 ounces and it's SW merino. I'm thinking about a pair of fingerless gloves
(the color is called birthday)
Singles (I swear my thumb is not that huge. It's a perfectly normal sized thumb)
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And then I plied it up
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How purdy is that? (the photo with miss Marple is closer to the color.
Now I'm finishing plying this. It's 4 ounces of wool in sea foam (also from paradise, I love that site). I tried to go for a worsted weight, and I think I got it. Kinda.
Singles
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plied
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I'm already planning on what I'm going to spin up next. See? Addiction. Total and complete addiction. I'm in love with it.

4 comments:

  1. Dang lady! You have been doing a lot of spinning!

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  2. this is not helping my wheel lust. :) beautiful!

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  3. Your spinning looks amazing for just beginning. Don't you just love Paradise Fiber?

    Congrats on the new wheel!

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  4. Loving your spinning! That last one is my favorite.

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