March Update
Okay, Robin and I are still working on setting up this blog. I had a few relatives out, had a vacation, celebrated my 30th birthday. Gasp! I'm getting old. I had a wonderful birthday with friends and family. It was the first time in 7 years that I got to celebrate my birthday with my parents, so there was much to be thankful for in the last couple of weeks.
After my birthday was over and my parents went home, :-( I was ready to work on the website, but a cold caught me. Robin and I are busy with fiber related things. We just haven't had a chance to write on-line about them.
Robin finished spinning her 100% silk that she purchased from the Silkworker. The silkworker, Carol Weymar, has lovely handpainted silk rovings. Both Robin and I have purchased roving from Carol and love her choices in color. Robin opted for a more brightly colored roving than myself with larger sections of color. I opted for a more blended roving as the yarn will be made into a gift item for my mother. We hope to have pictures of both types of rovings up soon, so you can see how different the colorations look.
Silk is tricky to spin, and as this was my first time spinning silk, I had a hard time. Robin and I started out spinning our silk by dividing each of our rovings in half (not splitting it down the center but into two separate piles) and spinning each half on its own bobbin. The first thing I learned about silk is it is very sticky or tacky. It gets caught on everything! The Silkworker suggests spinning it with a cloth on your lap, but I found my older worn jeans worked fine.
The second thing I learned about silk, unfortunately, is it needs a lot of twist. I say unfortunately, becuase it wasn't until after spinning the first bobbin when I noticed that I needed a lot more twist than what I put into the fiber, so I respun that bobbin. That's right, I respun it. Robin has had a bit more experience with silk than myself, so she had no problem spinning it. We hope to have some pictures of her lovely skein up on the web soon, as well as mine after I ply it (hopefully this week). Well, happy spinning & knitting.
After my birthday was over and my parents went home, :-( I was ready to work on the website, but a cold caught me. Robin and I are busy with fiber related things. We just haven't had a chance to write on-line about them.
Robin finished spinning her 100% silk that she purchased from the Silkworker. The silkworker, Carol Weymar, has lovely handpainted silk rovings. Both Robin and I have purchased roving from Carol and love her choices in color. Robin opted for a more brightly colored roving than myself with larger sections of color. I opted for a more blended roving as the yarn will be made into a gift item for my mother. We hope to have pictures of both types of rovings up soon, so you can see how different the colorations look.
Silk is tricky to spin, and as this was my first time spinning silk, I had a hard time. Robin and I started out spinning our silk by dividing each of our rovings in half (not splitting it down the center but into two separate piles) and spinning each half on its own bobbin. The first thing I learned about silk is it is very sticky or tacky. It gets caught on everything! The Silkworker suggests spinning it with a cloth on your lap, but I found my older worn jeans worked fine.
The second thing I learned about silk, unfortunately, is it needs a lot of twist. I say unfortunately, becuase it wasn't until after spinning the first bobbin when I noticed that I needed a lot more twist than what I put into the fiber, so I respun that bobbin. That's right, I respun it. Robin has had a bit more experience with silk than myself, so she had no problem spinning it. We hope to have some pictures of her lovely skein up on the web soon, as well as mine after I ply it (hopefully this week). Well, happy spinning & knitting.
-- posted by Annette @ 9:36 PM
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