Spindlitis

I’ve been doing some spindle spinning this morning and some wheel spinning. I’ve gone back to the truck and brought in the fleeces I love the most, as I want to start working on them. Grabbed a big chunk of this. It’s a Corriedale/Romney cross I bought at Black Sheep a couple of years ago. It was a third place winner in its class, which makes it the fanciest fleece I’ve ever bought at BSG. I’ve spun this on Turks, and it’s the puffiest stuff you’ve ever seen. I’ll be doing this on the Bossies and I’m considering making a cabled sweater for Lon from it. But I love combing this stuff on my Viking combs, almost as much as I love combing the Romney lamb fleeces that I also brought in.

Lovely long staple.

First pass

Second pass

Third pass and ready for the diz.

You can see how the diz compresses the fiber. It makes a big difference in the finished product.

Working my way through.

There’s not a lot of waste with this fiber.

All done! There’s a little static in the air, but it’s going okay. I pulled out about 117 grams to play with. I’m still spinning the odds and ends on the Bossie so this may be tomorrow’s spin.