Why Watch TV, when you can watch tv and spin?
I've been learning to spin. The idea of it was first brought to my attention by E. One can micromanage a project, getting all the entertainment one's air element would desire...one can pick out the fleece, pick out the dye, wash, card, dye, card, spin, ply and knit a project...all while compulsively feeling fiber.
I bought a drop spindle at the Knox Farm Fiber Festival and what I thought was going to be enough wool to make a pair of socks. I'm not sure at the moment if socks are what is going to come of my first attempt at spinning. It seems a little lumpy and inconsistent (read: designer) to make for a comfy pair of socks.
However, it may just make a nice Jayne Cobb Hat. (Although, not in those colors. I was intending to make socks, remember.)
I didn't buy the fleece, I bought roving, which is wool that is all cleaned and combed in the same direction and set to spin. I have this fantastic navy cashgora roving (its a kind of goat. I know this, not only because I looked it up, but because there was a picture of a goat on the bundle.) Previously, I had been spinning this fantastic shetland wool that was naturally grey and white.
My reward for being a good little worker bee yesterday was ending the evening by watching a couple more episodes of Spooks. Not only did I get to enjoy fantastic spy drama, but I also made it half way through the cashgora, which means I'm getting closer to learning how to knit a hat!
