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Monday, 26 April 2010

First handspun!

From this

First spindle kit


to, sadly, this
That doesn't look very good


to, with a long break in the middle, this
Ah, that's better


to this!
My first handspun!



With much trial and even more error, and plenty of swearing, I am now the proud owner of my own handspun.
It is only a little bit discouraging that my weeks of effort have yielded so little, but I'm assure it will get better.

Fibre: carbonised bamboo, from silversunalpacas
Spindle: top whorl spindle, also from silversunalpacas

Yarn: 26 meters of roughly worsted weight (9-10 wpi), all mine!

Learning thanks to: sheet from silversunalpacas, tutorials from Megan, and having seen a friend spin at Eastercon.

My first handspun!