For a while now I have been thinking that it is inevitable that I should eventually learn to spin - as a weaver and knitter, it's the obvious next step in the mastery of fibre - and now, suddenly, I am spinning! I went to the Creative Stitching and Hobbycraft show in Cardiff on Saturday and saw Rachel Powell of www.rachel-powell.com demonstrating spinning with a drop spindle - within an hour I was the proud owner of my first high-whorl spindle, and much of Sunday was spent turning a pile of Blue Faced Leicester tops into my very first yarn! As I write this, two skeins (one single, one two-ply) are hanging over the sink to dry, weighted down by various kitchen implements. I am now a spinning addict.
Spinning my own yarn will allow a range of different techniques to enrich the Felting British Wool project (I am posting this post in that blog too) - both as surface texture and mixed media. I look forward to experimenting! Meanwhile, the next stage in the project is scouring and carding the fleeces which are currently in the garage - the day job is taking up all my time at the moment, so that may have to wait a couple of weeks.
Pics of my first yarn to follow...
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