Tag Archives: Honesty

I promise I am not showing the same pictures over and over! Every day I take a new picture of that day’s work… they look a lot the same because I am working my way through a pound of this … Continue reading →

Today I spun a bit to finish the bobbin I’ve been working on, then plied it. I’m happy to say that this yarn came out pretty well. It didn’t break at all, I managed to avoid that “too-thin” problem entirely. … Continue reading →

I felt today during my practice time like I had longish intervals where I was really keeping the yarn even. That was great. Sadly, it wasn’t the WHOLE time. But, I’ll take it. Tomorrow night I’ll spin some more onto … Continue reading →

Continued with the thicker spinning today. I *think* I’m getting more even, but I won’t know for sure until I ply it. I’m definitely getting through the wool faster, which means more wool is traveling into the yarn at once, … Continue reading →

I deliberately spun thicker today than I have for the last few days. I have been pushing the edge of “how thin can I go?” When I was plying that thin yarn last night, two times one of the strands … Continue reading →

Great way to spend a Friday night 🙂 And I’m only kidding a little bit. I am starting to focus more on drafting the wool evenly as it goes through my fingers. I don’t know that I improved very much, … Continue reading →

I’m tired tonight, so this will be quick. I spent a half-hour (more or less) on tonight’s practice. Every day, I get in at least a little. I have to be honest, this public commitment is really what makes it … Continue reading →

I spent a lot of time at the spinning wheel today. I plied the four bobbins I spun this week. With the VERY FIRST one I learned an extremely valuable lesson about how to ply from a center pull ball … Continue reading →

I spun more of the pretty blue/green roving tonight. Still not as even as I want – mistakes there for sure. But better than last night. Yes, it’s still on the spinning wheel. I’ll do more tomorrow night.

Today I switched to some different roving. That is, wool ready-to-spin. This was some I bought last year, when I had dreams of learning to use a drop spindle. It’s quite different than what I’ve been using so far for … Continue reading →