SPUNKY CLUB

I loved the rosebud fiber. Beautiful colors and a nice fiber to spin from.

Here is my way from fiber - to yarn - to wristies.

If you are allergic to a fiber (that is not wool) - please read your labels. All packages are sealed and we are being careful to make sure each package has a label (which are printed on both sides so you know what’s in it before opening.)

I hope you all enjoy the fiber, it is one of my favorites.

It’s about a billion degrees here in Florida this morning, and I’m wishing it was the cooler temperature that it was back in March when I finished spinning up Think Spring -

It’s a 2-ply, and probably my best yardage to date - 246 yards! Do I have any idea what I’m going to do with it? Besides keep petting it, I mean…! It may turn out to be something for my five-year-old god-daughter, but I’m not sure what yet.

- Lorena

I decided to use the Think Spring Feb 08 selection to attempt the new Wrap & Roll technique featured on the cover of the Spring 2008 issue of Spin Off magazine. Sarah Anderson who created this new way of spinning is local to me and she came to our guild to give us a demonstration so I was eager to try it!

Well, there it is… all 32 yards of it. It certainly uses a lot of fiber! This is a coiled wrapped-core yarn that feels very soft. I made worsted singles with occasional slubs and then wrapped them onto a crochet-cotton core. The technique uses a drop spindle to keep the core balanced thus producing a balanced yarn. If you are interested in seeing what I’m talking about, my friend Charisa made a little video while I was spinning at her house and posted it to YouTube here. This yarn looks really cool up close, but I’m not sure what I would use it for other than weaving or perhaps a loosely knit scarf. I really enjoyed spinning the singles… South African Fine is a lovely fiber.

Hi, everyone!

March was my first ever Spunky Fibre Club, Mud Season, and I spun it up to celebrate my new Majacraft Rose wheel.

This info is cross-posted on the Ravelry group:

4 oz, 172 yards, 13 wpi.

It’s my first attempt at an old-fashioned 3-ply, and there were… issues. Largely to do with me not being used to having a third ply to keep an eye on, and me still getting used to the new wheel. It was much easier to spin the singles on the Rose than it would have been on my old wheel, but the plying was a bit manic. Towards the end I had such a tangled mess I was near tears trying to get everything to work. There are lots of little overspun coils sticking out - the photos don’t show them, for good reason - that I could not smooth out before they got plied in.

I can’t help but feel bad - the colours were so vibrant as fibre, and I feel like I’ve let it down somehow. But I got my best yardage yet, so I guess that’s something.

Note to self: do not attempt to break into a new wheel with merino, and 3-plying.

Apparently I have just spun up my May 2007, fiber club offering, Tulips.  Why did I wait so long?  I’m a hoarder, that’s why?  Anyway, lovely stuff going to my County Fair!   Thanks, Amy!!