Fiber Arts Friday – Still Spinning

Good day Fiber Arts Friday and Crafty Friday followers.

Now that I have a spinning wheel I just can’t keep my hands off of it. I spin almost every night after work, my way of winding down for the night.

I’ve been experimenting with the wheel and the different speeds. I tried my first single which for a newbie turns out to be pretty hard since I always seem to over twist. But I think the single came out well. I also tried one with a really aggressive twist and 2 plied it. I kind of like it, it feels nifty in my hands.

My latest spinning has a purpose. I’m all sold out of my alpaca rope reins and I need to spin up strands and get ready to make some more. I have a hunting/fishing show coming up and was thinking of making some dog leashes for the hunting dogs. We’ll see if they do well.

Oh, one of the photos is of my $4 lazy kate! Yup, I found a shadowbox on sale for $3 add another $1 for a dowel, drill some holes and poof! $4 lazy kate.