Fiber Arts Friday – Still Spinning

Good day Fiber Arts Friday and Crafty Friday followers.

Now that I have a spinning wheel I just can’t keep my hands off of it.  I spin almost every night after work, my way of winding down for the night. 

I’ve been experimenting with the wheel and the different speeds.  I tried my first single which for a newbie turns out to be pretty hard since I always seem to over twist.  But I think the single came out well.  I also tried one with a really aggressive twist and 2 plied it.  I kind of like it, it feels nifty in my hands.

My latest spinning has a purpose.  I’m all sold out of my alpaca rope reins and I need to spin up strands and get ready to make some more.  I have a hunting/fishing show coming up and was thinking of making some dog leashes for the hunting dogs.  We’ll see if they do well.

Oh, one of the photos is of my $4 lazy kate!  Yup, I found a shadowbox on sale for $3 add another $1 for a dowel, drill some holes and poof!  $4 lazy kate.   

$4 Lazy Kate

 

Over twisted 2 ply - Worsted

 

Single ply - DK