Spindlitis

Working on all sorts of spinning projects right now. On the wheel, I’m doing Dorset Horn in a crepe yarn. I’ve spun the two S singles and plied them as Z. I’m now working on the Z single to finish this off. I had some issues drafting the first third of the roving. The twist would run right into the fiber and lock it up. Had to spin sort of an inchworm motion to prevent that. I didn’t feel any springiness to the yarn until I did that Z ply. I’m curious to see how this turns out. I’ll dye the yarn after I finish it, for a sock project.

I’ve been missing my high whorl spindles, specifically my Hatchtowns. I do love my Turks and I like the way I can use coarser wools and get a nice fluffy yarn with the Turk. These two Kaaris are probably my favorite spindles, especially the one with the mouse chews on the shaft. I’m just spinning some fiber I’ve stumbled across, with no purpose in mind.

I finished the last of the big strip of the fractal spin. I’ve just started the B strip, which was divided into four thin strips lengthwise.

And I am trying to finish the socks as I really want to start knitting handspun socks. I’ll start another sock yarn spinning project on the wheel, as soon as I finish the Dorset. I think I’m going to try another double marled yarn, this time with two braids of Falklands.