My conviction to not continue spinning until I knew what I was doing only lasted as long as it took for Seth to cave and help me get my spinning wheel out of the disaster that is my craft room. I'd post pictures of my craft room, but it'd only scare you. Organizing that mess is definitely on my to-do list. But first on my to-do list is showing my latest attempt at spinning. First, I'd like to say that the unevenness is (mostly) intentional. I was trying to create one of those fluffy yarns that go from really big and chunky to really thin randomly throughout. Whether there's actually supposed to be a method to the madness, I have no idea, but in the end, I think I got what I was aiming for... I think.
Below is a bit that I had already on the bobbin that I'd gotten annoyed at and sorta went completely crazy on. It's extremely uneven. Even the plying is uneven. By the way, this is two ply since that's the only thing I know how to do at this point...
And again, below is what I plied tonight. It's slightly more even, though I was still going for the uneven look, so it's not that even either. I obviously still have to take it off the bobbin and wash it (not sure how to do that correctly yet) but I'm itching to make a nice fluffy scarf out of it. It's starting to get chilly here lately and I need more scarves to keep me warm!
I apologize for the photo quality. I'm taking these pictures on my phone camera. It's the only camera I have. I can tell you right now that the color isn't right in these photos. The yarn looks very grey in the pictures but it's actually an off-white and the colors going through it are a bit brighter in person as well. Perhaps along this journey I'll learn a bit about photography as well as spinning...





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