I am what you call "mulitcraftual", I like to try lots of different crafts. I always return to my love of knitting, but I do occasionally drift away for a while to experiment with something else. This week, I have been cheating on my knitting with my spinning wheel.
My little Ashford Kiwi has sat in the corner of my TV room for months and months gathering dust, until the other day when I was perusing pictures of handspun on Instagram and decided it was time to dust off the wheel and give it a go. Armed with some beautiful handdyed BLF Superwash roving I bought off of Etsy, I went to work.
My little Ashford Kiwi has sat in the corner of my TV room for months and months gathering dust, until the other day when I was perusing pictures of handspun on Instagram and decided it was time to dust off the wheel and give it a go. Armed with some beautiful handdyed BLF Superwash roving I bought off of Etsy, I went to work.
I had forgotten how therapeutic and relaxing spinning is, it makes me happy. Even James was enthralled, I looked over and he was staring at the flyer spinning round and round. When I filled up my bobbin, I decided to try something new and navajo ply my singles.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, a little overspun in spots, and not completely even, but that's the beauty of handspun yarn, it's unique. I love that I can say that I made the yarn myself. I didn't have a ton of yardage to work with, so I cast on for a quick hat.
I'll post a picture of the hat when it's finished, I only have a few rounds left to knit!