It's nothing short of amazing how easy it is to turn fluff into some fairly reasonable yarn. The first thing I wanted to do was to see if it was knittable. If it would really work, you know? so, I gave it a bath, as the book recommended, and hung it to dry. Next morning, I knit up a little magic bag. Rachel laid claim to it before I was even 10 rows in. It fits an orange or an apple perfectly.
I used a CD spindle - 2 DVDs on a 12 inch length of dowel, with grommets I found (or more accurately, my husband found) at Lowes. He also put the spindle together for me. It's a really tight squeeze getting the grommets on the DVDs. I also let both Rae and Ben have a try at the spindle. I think Ben liked it more, but they both successfully produced a few yards of yarn. I think it's a good fiber project for kids. Seems to me that there are less detailed steps than for knitting, and they were both fascinated watching me do it.
It really gives me the feeling of making something that would normally be bought, even more so than knitting or sewing or baking or even canning. Like having some lost knowledge of how to make the things we need, but which are mostly produced by machines or people earning pennies on the other side of the globe. Maybe it's different because I didn't have the experience of seeing others spin as a kid, so it's not expected to me like those other things are.
2 comments:
The yarn turned out great and the little bag is very cute:)Hugs Darcy
That little bag is lovely. There is nothing as satisfying as knitting up something out of yarn you have just spun.
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