Spindlitis

I am getting closer to finishing the fractal spin. I do like this Greensleeves spindle. It feels a bit fragile, but has a nice long spin. I’ve sold off a couple of Jenkins spindles and will be adding a few more Bosworths. I have larger projects that I want to do on spindles and am trying to figure out the right mix. I have two spindles coming in today!

And I’m going to spin up some flax! That will be a project for the wheel. I think it will do a good job, as it’s a reproduction of a flax wheel. I will likely do a little weaving when I’m done with that project, although I am trying to rein that impulse in. I really am not a weaver.

This is not recommended as I had to really push to get 59 grams on this 21 gram spindle.

I’ve started using this nice knitting basket for knitting. My friend Beth made it for me, back when we worked together. It has tended to just collect stuff. When I brought that stuff back in the house, I brought this back in too. I’m using it in the living room, for current projects.

This is my current wrist distaff set up. I used to macrame distaffs and put beads on the part that holds the fiber. I decided I wanted something really simple. I used up some yarn left over from another project. Cast on 8 stitches and knit in garter until long enough. I sew the ends together. You want these to be a bit snug as they stretch. It works well enough and I knit several, so I can have one for each project.

I am spinning the grey corriedale on the wheel, for sock yarn. No pictures yet. I am trying to get some of the smaller projects out of the way, then tackle some sweater projects. And I really need to finish the baby sweater this weekend.