Showing posts with label handcrafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handcrafts. Show all posts

Monday, October 30, 2023

My first skein of yarn

 I promised it way back in May. I told you a long story about getting rabbits and promised a post about making yarn. This is sort of that post. 

I'm not going to go into the details about spinning yet. The fact is, I'm still learning and I'm not very good at it. I can't really speak confidently about spinning. But I finally had enough fiber spun to make this little skein of yarn.


It is lumpy and not very good but I did spin it entirely by hand. How much is there and what gauge is it? I have no idea which makes coming up with a plan for it tricky. I'm open to suggestions.

Would you like a process video? Links to the supplies I use? Let me know in the comments.

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