Category Archives: spinning

Spinning The Pink Bobbin

Posted on by
2

I just passed the second full bobbin and I am starting the third on my mini fiber combo spin for the 2025 Pigskin Party KAL. I am hoping this really scores some points!

This set of minis are pinks, oranges, maroons and some rainbow-ish fiber. This fiber is more consistent and higher quality. I am hoping it makes for a more pleasurable spin.

There are lot of the same colors in this bag. I will have to be very intentional to use it without big swaths of any of the same colors and sprinkle in the rainbow. But so far, so fun!

Happy Spinning!!

Finished Bobbin #2

Posted on by
3

I am finally finished with this infernal bobbin. I really had to force myself to want to spin this rest of this fiber.

The colors were not my favorite and the fiber type was all over the place. I couldn’t get into the spin and my consistency was crap. And done is better than perfect.

This bobbin was the “and the rest” from my fiber minis. I am really glad I spun this second and didn’t save it until last. I would have struggled worse. From this end, you can see the variety of wild colors in this. There is more black in other parts of this spin but I thought this end was beautiful.

Now I get to start the pinks! Happy Spinning!!

Setting The Order

Posted on by
2

I am really on the struggle bus with this second bobbin for my mini fiber combo spin.

To say this fiber is all over the map is an understatement. There is toothy long wool and ultra find merino with everything in-between. I have been struggling to keep a consistent fine single and with the transition between minis

I have just a few minis left, so I have them planned out to the end. I couldn’t help making sure to break them up so that no one color is next to each other. I just can’t help myself that I need the appearance of randomness without too many colors bunching up.

I can’t wait to finish this! Happy Spinning!!

Starting Bobbin #2

Posted on by
2

Here comes bobbin #2 for the Pigskin Party 2025 spinning. I can definitely tell that I am less inspired by this color palette.

I have the first few bits on the Sparrow and the second bobbin. There is interesting fiber in here. I have super crazy soft merino combined with some toothy long wool and everything in between. I have lost my single several times with the soft stuff.

This is for sure an end product spin. Lots of dark, grey and otherwise mundane colors. The green is an interesting pop of color. Happy Spinning!!!

Bobbin #1 ✔️

Posted on by
3

I got a little hyper fixated on my latest spinning project and blasted through 3.5 ounces of fiber.

I really enjoyed these blues and they stacked up so pretty. I am not gonna lie that I love being able to see the ends. There was a lot of sari silk in this mix of bits and bobs. NOT my favorite to spin and I pulled out a lot of the nups.

I am starting to get a feel for this wheel and my spinning still has thick/thin variations. And I am learning! Now I am on to the second bag. I think I will spin the neutrals/hodgepodge next and save the pinks for last.

Happy Spinning!!

Washed And Wound Handspun

Posted on by
2

I learned a lot with this spin. Especially about using my Sparrow e-wheel.

For the 2-ply skeins, I had two of the three that I did not ply well due to my not managing or setting up the tension on the e-wheel correctly. I fixed that for the third skein which is the bottom left skein.

This yarn will still knit just fine. And it was a lesson I needed to learn to make my future skeins better. I finished with roughly 236 grams and just over 700 yards of a sport to heavy fingering weight yarn. I am thinking some sort of baby blanket or garter throw to show off the handspun?

Happy Spinning!!

Spinning All The Minis

Posted on by
4

I have wrapped up my last SSK fiber mini spinning project and I am itching to start another one. I still need to wind and measure those handspun skeins but I can’t find all my tools at the moment.

In the meantime I am prepping my next set of fiber plans. I have 12 ounces of miscellaneous fiber types and colors and I wanted to do a sort of combo spin.

I split the fiber up by colors in three equal parts to the best of my ability. Then for each color I broke the bigger bits up into smaller bits and bobs. I will pull randomly from the pile and complete for each of the three plies.

The blue pile was my favorite! Each section is just a hair shy of 4 ounces. This blue pile does have a ton of silk in it and that’s not my favorite but I will survive, lol.

This last pile was kind of the “et all” section and got most of the neutrals and whatever fiber made the weights equal out. It will be the wildest of the three plies but should make for an interesting yarn.

Now just to find extra time in my day for all this spinning!! Happy Spinning!

All The Skeins Swimming

Posted on by
3

The skeins are all dunked, swished and hung to dry. This handspun is really turning out to be something!

I did have to scrub some questionable things from the sink to be able to wash this yarn. And I was so surprised with how much water this yarn sucked during its inaugural wash. I let it rest and then squeezed out the water and towel dried them.

After a good whack on the floor, I have hung them to dry near the window where they can be warmed by the sun. I am hoping to have these measured, weighed and finalized when they are dry. I can’t wait to see how many yards of yarn I managed to make with the 2-ply skeins!

Happy Spinning!!

All Plied Up

Posted on by
2

It took me a few bobbins and about 1,000 adjustments but I managed to get all of the singles into plied yarn. And it only took four bobbins for this SSK fiber mini spinning project.

Bonus points, the view has been pretty nice here at the Grandparents. I need to wait until I get home and get this yarn wound off into skeins to wash and measure. I finally felt more comfortable with the tension and moving the parts around by bobbin #3.

The three bobbins on the right are all 2-ply skeins where I just let the colors combine as they came off the singles. I had a little bit of singles left on one of the bobbins so I chain plied all those to use them up. It will make a wee little skein.

All in all, I am pretty pleased so far! Happy Spinning!!

Plying With The Tools At Hand

Posted on by
2

I have the weekend booked at Casa Grandparents and I am without all my tools. But I wanted to finish spinning this handspun I brought on my Sparrow.

I found a cardboard box in the recyling and stole two wall hangers for thread from my mom’s sewing room and made do. It was not the smoothest plying but it is putting yarn on the bobbin.

I am still learning this e-wheel and it’s setting. I am struggling with the tension and take-up compared to the Kiwi 3 I have been spinning on. And at the end of the day, I am still making yarn. So as long as I am having fun, I am doing it right!

Happy Spinning!!