The Blind Leading the Blind
I'm a new spinner. A very new spinner. I still have one week left of my four week class. And today I showed Julie how to spin on my rented wheel from my class. I met her a few weeks ago at SPA and we both wanted to learn how to spin. We even talked about taking a class together, but I literally walked into a class that was starting and joined that very day. Was that wrong of me to go ahead and join without her? She's forgiven me though. So I invited her to come try the wheel I take home every week (which, by the way, will probably come home to live with me some day).
We had a wonderful time and she did great with the spinning. She even brought home her very own yarn!
Here she is plying. It all went really smoothly until she tried to talk and ply at the same time. We had to fix a little tangle that occurred, but no harm done.
Look, she's even wearing her big balls sweater from Amy!
We had a great day and some laughs as the two newbies tried to figure it all out. But we're both very proud of our new spinning skills! Someday we may spin even, thin yarn. Someday.
Comments
Looks like you guys did very well! It all starts to make sense after a while and suddenly you have thin yarn. And it's fun all the while!
Posted by: Sheepish Annie | March 18, 2007 09:09 PM
I had such fun and I LOVE my new yarn. I may just frame it ;-) Thanks for inviting me and thanks for your patience. I'm calling today to find out about classes for myself. I think I may have caught the bug!
Posted by: Julie | March 19, 2007 06:13 AM
Hey, found you from Julie. She DOES look frazzled! I had to bookmark you...I'll poke around later and look for mobius entries. For me, it is all about the knitting, and the dogs, and odd things like mobius.
Posted by: lisa | March 19, 2007 04:12 PM
Looks like a fun day -- and I love the hand knits you ladies are wearing!
Posted by: nonaKnits | March 21, 2007 04:52 PM
Be careful... spinning is highly addictive! You'll want to try every type of fiber out there, and every colorway - then you'll be dyeing rovings yourself like a madwoman... And you can't stop spinning - you've got to keep going until the wool is all gone and you see what it has turned into! Good luck!
Posted by: Jen | March 23, 2007 04:17 PM
That really is a cute picture! I was terrified the first time I tried to use a spinning wheel, too. I love all your handknit socks & accessories and the fiber all over the room!
Posted by: Stella | March 25, 2007 02:14 PM