This is a very unexciting spinning project in a very unexciting color. However, I’m plodding through fairly well because it’s an easy quick spin. I bought this Romney fiber a few months back to give this new fiber a try, and I have a feeling this isn’t what Romney is generally like. It’s not smooth [...]

I’ve got a lot of things to catch up on that I’ve been working on but haven’t yet written about, so I think what I’m going to do is write several posts in the next few days. I finally took the time to take some pictures today while listening to podcasts. I keep using the [...]

I started this project a week or two ago inspired by the KnitWiki to create a SpinWiki. On the Spindlers Ravelry group, I find myself and other members explaining the same concepts over and over. I personally don’t mind this, and consider it a part of forum culture. New people arrive and need the [...]

I had a wonderful time on Saturday shopping at my local fiber store. Thanks to my awesome husband I got a lot of nice new fibers to try. One of them I chose specifically for the Spindlers group challenge on Ravelry, so I had to start spinning it right away. This is some beautiful hand-dyed [...]

I’ve got lots of things to say today so let’s see if I can’t get them out in a clear and concise way. First, my new toy… I have been wanting one of these Turkish spindles for a long time. It’s from Jenkins Woodworking who did an amazing job on this handcrafted work of art. One [...]

Sometimes I just get the desire to spin away into the night.

A few nights ago I finished the yarn spun with the exchange spindle by plying it together until about 1 or 2 am. For some reason I have a hard time starting to ply and picking it back up later. I feel this strong need to finish it in one sitting so I can wash [...]

Over at the Spindlers group in Ravelry a few weeks ago we did a handmade spindle exchange. I forgot to take a picture of the one I sent, but today I finally got a picture of the one I received. It’s a donut bead, that I’m assuming is glass,  with some very pretty sparkly colors. [...]

The not so great first, on to the really awesome… This yarn is for the Spindlers group challenge on Ravelry fitting the theme of “Indulge yourself” for January. I received some cash for Christmas, and decided that I would only spend a little on fun stuff. We’re a little tighter than normal on money lately so [...]

A few weeks ago I bought a pair of spindles from Butterfly Girl Designs on Etsy. They came in very quickly, and I immediately started both of them each with some fiber. One of the spindles is about .7 oz, and on that one I started to spin some laceweight silk. That I will be [...]