Bamboo spinning

It took me years to spin 9 grams of bamboo fibre. Not fond of it.
But now... I have a spare spindle for something new.

Spinning study

I am done with my fibre studies.  First of all I need to say that this fun became possible only because I managed to buy several types of fibres at one place in very tiny 5g amounts. 

Flax
I bought all this staff at a felting store and I guess the flax they have is the one used for felting but not spinning. The fibres were rather short and torn. But I enjoyed spinning it and hope this will help me in spinning real linen.

Hemp

It was a bit like the flax above but softer and nicer and easier to spin into a unified thread.                   

Nettle

This was such a pleasure to spin, so silky and smooth.

Cotton

This was combed cotton. Not as easy to spin as the easy-to-spin cotton I used to work with, but the result is really nice, smooth and shiny.

Overall, this was a very pleasant experience and I am already thinking about buying all 30 colours of cotton and hemp and maybe even 10 gram of each. And than weave a stripy something out of them...

 

Spinning

What I like about spinning is that if you have fibres you can pick up a spindle and start spinning - no preparation needed.

Yesterday I treated myself with a bunch of "exotic" fibres to play with.

Cashmere...

To be plied with Mulberry silk later

Coloured cotton

Flax

Hemp

And nettle

Spinning

Spinning Wensleydale yarn turned out to be less fun than expected. I know now I am too young as a weaver to cut corners and... taking your wool everywhere in hot weather may have some negative consequences.

And with my cotton spinning project brining so much pleasure, finding extra time for wool spinning can be rather difficult.   

Spinning singles

With the pink top I decided to try my luck to spin thick singles. It was fun and the result looks like dessert!

Spinning singles

First step in totally hand-made socks

I am done with the first stage of creating my absolutely hand-made socks.
The wool has been spun!

The journey started when I bought some grey wool top which I decided to combine with natural wool top from my beginner's spinning kit into two-ply yarn.

Some gray

Some natural

Singles

Plied

My very first cake of yarn (50g)

To be continued.... (socks to follow).

Spinning wool...

As soon as my first spinning kit arrived I ventured into new realm.
First day I just studied the book and top whorl spindle and was gathering my courage.

Next day - spinning of the wool top.
My first result is 'perfect' novelty yarn - all bumps and uneven thickness.

'Novelty' single

My first 6g of wool plied

Skein wound

Skein washed

First attempt commemorated in a knitted sample:

PS. Yesterday I started to spin a new batch. This time all attention is given to even thickness.