Comments on: Doubts on Handspinning

By: mandy

mandy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:41:45 +0000

I agree that trying some starting wools might be helpful before you slip into the tricky stuff. Also, I know you’ve already heard it before but relax and know that some day it will just hit you and you will have so much yarn you won’t know what to do with it. I have a whole bag of yarn (if that’s what you want to call it) that I made for a few months before I got the hang of it. I keep it around to remind me of how far I’ve come in the past few years.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:35:24 +0000

You know, every time you blog about your spinning I have no idea what you’re talking about but it makes me want to learn. Hope Jake is feeling better now. Poor puppy.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:19:23 +0000

Keep at it, I love your pics. Looks very nice, I don’t have any advice on keeping things straight. Sounds like it is more difficult to spin. Keep at it. I didn’t buy any alpaca yet, I am keeping my eye on your progress.
I love the colors!
Vicki

By: windyridge

windyridge — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:57:58 +0000

Poor Jake, I am so glad he is feeling better.
Re your spinning trouble, have you thought about sticking with an easy medium wool to spin until you pick up speed. Alpaca and mohair are much harder to spin and I never even thought about them until I was reasonably “accomplished” on sheep’s wool. The slippery factor can be hard to master as a beginner even after you have spun sheep wool for awhile. Don’t fret, you will succeed!

By: nancyn

nancyn — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:14:30 +0000

I admire your perseverance.It looks so hard to spin. I am having trouble with socks pattern, so think it;s terrific you are getting this new taskunderyour belt!