i got my last spindle and fiber

from the etsy shop of butterfly girl designs (three month fiber and spindle club)

i posted the first one here and i forgot to post the second. well i'm posting THAT as well as my third and last mailing.

i can't tell you how satisfied i am. all the spindles were BEAUTIFUL and well balanced. the fiber was lovely and easy to work with (except for yesterday when it was 102 out. yes in connecticut on june 9th. well it was 98, BUT the heat index was 102. SAME THING)

anyway, the second spindle was italian resin. unfortuantely i forgot the makeup of the fiber. it was mostly merino. i believe the rest was bamboo but i could be mistaken.

the third spindle is murano foil and the fiber (blackbird) is 60% merino, 30% bamboo and 10% nylon fire star.

just a foot or two

that i've spun with my new fiber and new spindle (see previous post)

i got from butterfly girl designs (link to her etsy shop is at this link)

look what i got today

from butterfly girl designs (or her etsy shop)

i joined her three month fiber club. a new fiber and a new spindle. once every month for three months. today was my first month

it's a purple (you can't really tell from the photos) flourite whorl on the spindle and the INCREDIBLY SOFT SOFT SOFT (unbelievably so) fiber is; 50% merino, 20 (non-cruise) suri alpaca, 20% bamboo, 10% silk (and less than 1% of angelina). the color is called rocky road and that hits it right on the mark.

i am learning to spin on a drop spindle

i stink (so far). it's quite a challange. it took me two weeks just to be able to start drafting. i don't have the consistency part down pat yet (well in all honesty i am nowhere near having it down pat). my singles are still all thick and thin and wound too tightly and not tight enough. i AM getting the hang of it though. i actually AM getting a tiny bit better. with a TON of practice i KNOW i'll be able to get a decent yarn. we also learned how to card with hand carders. i've yet to practice that though (after the class i mean). i am taking a three part class and i have one more to go (in a couple of weeks - so i'll have plenty of time to keep trying),

the purple is a single i spun out of wool roving. it's a mess but i LOVE the color. the yarn on the right is my first try at plying. it's the purple single and a single i did out of multi colored (blues and greens and purples and greys) silk (the silk was a BITCH to spin). i like the colors.