Some years ago my husband bought me a spinning wheel. It's quite an expensive item. I call it an apocalyptical hobby. When the world falls apart- we're still gonna need socks and sweaters.
I found my first attempt on the wheel the other day. I didn't have a teacher- just me and YouTube on the loose with a spinning wheel. My first spin was all the things. It was overspun and underspun- meaning it had too much twist or too little twist. It was all the sizes possible from as thin as thread to what is standardly called "super bulky."
I didn't know what to do with it, so I put it up on a shelf and forgot about it.
I went on to join a Facebook spinning group and committed to spinning 20-30 minutes each day. It got easier if not better. :) Last summer I did the same and since my spinning attempts were pretty terrible I bought some "practice roving." AKA cheap, mostly synthetic "wool." My Facebook group was not happy about my choice- something about microplastics- blah-blah-blah.
I spun and spun that cheap-o fiber- I think I made some good improvement to be honest. Then I started teaching at high school and I haven't touched my wheel since.
Boo- but this summer I'm back to it- starting maybe this weekend. I'm going to do a little practice spin to get myself started, and then I'm going to spin some of my collected wool- my pretty, and expensive wool.
Darling- do you need to hear this as much as I do? Don't bother saving your nice things for a special day. You woke up . . . so today is special!
I kitted a swatch of my first spin.
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