Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Let me spin you a yarn...

So one of our neighbors built Peanut a top whorl drop spindle. For those of you who aren't in the know, a drop spindle is a small hand tool used to spin yarn. So of cours, since he made it for my daughter, I had to play with it, so last night, I walked over and begged some roving from the neighbor. (I'll explain the whole process in another post, settle down, Sparky!) Here is a picture from my first attempt with the drop spindle.

Eh, not bad, but definitely not great. I wouldn't want to try to knit, or crochet, with it at this point, but give me a chance and I think I will be able to do this halfway decent. Then if I can teach everyone else in the family, we might be able to spin enough for all our winter projects.

So of course, looking at spinning and making yarn... in my typical head-first attitude, what do you think was my next thought? Hmmm, we are looking to put up a barn (as soon as it is delivered and I have the ground prepped). Now, I had been leaning more towards goats, but a couple sheep should give us enough for our winter projects, right? I dunno, buy why not give it a whirl?

Here's one other picture of my first attempt:

Enjoy and I will talk to you again soon!

17 comments:

Flowering Pear said...

Good way to spin yarn. Thank you for enhance my knowledge.

Dogwoods said...

Good its looking good yarn spinning very nice..

Maya M said...

Nice info here. Keep us these great posts!

Farm Equipment said...

Did you ever get the hang of it, or did you give it up all together

Farmland Investor said...

Wow, amazing.

Josephine said...

A bout a decade back, I travelled an hour, and paid what was a bunch of money, for me, to buy and be instructed in using a drop spindle. They are fun!

nursery said...

That's yarn spinning at it's best!

james said...

Dang
if I had to spin yarn like that, ive have a nervous breakdown, or meltdown these days as they say it.

Online Plant Nursery said...

I'd love to learn how to spin yarn, it looks so fun and rewarding.

Unknown said...

I think it would be fun.
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