first attempts at spinning

red · Post: # 85085Post **red** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:13 pm

we made...er..'novelty textured yarn'

notice the ..er...interesting textured areas...
still, our first go..
we moved onto a different fleece.. makes all the difference.. this is much easier to spin than first lot...

snapdragon · Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:14 pm

you'd pay a fortune for novelty yarn in a shop - treasure it - no factory could make textures and colours like that

Shirley · Post: # 85121Post **Shirley** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:42 pm

That's great.... fab fleece.

red · Post: # 85129Post **red** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:22 am

thanks ! - snapdragon you are right.. how could i forget the word 'unique' to go alongside novelty and textured! still quite pleased we got something out of it

and th next batch is looking so much more useable.

gigglybug · Post: # 85211Post **gigglybug** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:45 pm

That's great Red, well done!!

If i saw that in a shop I would buy it!!

Amanda

red · Post: # 85219Post **red** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:28 pm

right thats it - I will start my online shop

himself can learn to spin properly and i will stick to the 'novelty yarn'!

thanks for the nice comments.

ina · Post: # 85220Post **ina** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:40 pm

I can only agree - it really looks very nice. Did you dye it yourself, too - and what with?

Smooth Hound · Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:45 pm

If thats your first attempt then you are obviously going to be good at it, thats a lovely looking yarn

Smooth Hound · Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:48 pm

and id love to see a picture of whatever you make out of it

red · Post: # 85225Post **red** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:52 pm

ina wrote:I can only agree - it really looks very nice. Did you dye it yourself, too - and what with?

thanks
we did use synthetic dyes.. from gaywool dyes. I'm working up to using natural dyes...one step at a time. (besides I will need to save a lot of onion skins first!)
we dyed it before spinning. in fact this fleece is one we dyed on a day course on how to process fleece. see more on my blog
and thisis an entry where we dyed some,

Smooth Hound · Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:00 pm

Was it a particular type of wool?

Annpan · Post: # 85230Post **Annpan** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:45 pm

I agree with eveyone else, that wool looks lovely

Novelty nothing... it is the 'bespoke ' stuff you pay a fortue for.

Rowan would probably charge Â£10 for a ball... maybe it is time to give up the day job

red · Post: # 85240Post **red** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:06 pm

Smooth Hound wrote:Was it a particular type of wool?

unfortunately, I dont knwo what kind of wool it was. we decided to work through fleece we had been given before starting on our own because by then we would have cracked it (ha ha).
the blobbles and lumpy bits are because we had not got the hang of carding properly.. or spinning!

snapdragon · Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:25 am

red wrote:
Smooth Hound wrote:Was it a particular type of wool?
unfortunately, I dont knwo what kind of wool it was. we decided to work through fleece we had been given before starting on our own because by then we would have cracked it (ha ha).
the blobbles and lumpy bits are because we had not got the hang of carding properly.. or spinning!

Good plan to use what's there before you start on your precious hoard.

From what I read the fleece of choice for training is often BFL (Blue Faced Leicester) quite a long staple and has a nice sheen.
I don't really like carding, I have small hand carders and I don't like the results much (or spinning from rolags) instead I brush the locks out using a wire toothed dog brush.

Silver Ether · Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:50 am

That is fantastic ... I like the colour, it looks very soft. I am envious ...