first bit... pic

[MarvieN]

'K so here's that first tiny bit I showed on the spindle the other night. It's been soaked and dried and this is what it looks like now...

http://img180.exs.cx/img180/8131/aftersetsmall8ur.jpg

There's not much there, cuz I was afraid to teach myself to do it and have it come out way wrong, because then I'd never unlearn what I did... if that makes sense.

At this point, I've learned that this bit was a little over spun, as is the first part of what I did after that, but I was soon figuring it out a bit more so I think the next trial will be better :fc though I will have thick and thin parts. I can live with that.

[Julie]

It IS pretty, very good! :D!

[HollyM]

Looks great!

And thick/thin is in! Do a search for Manos del Uruguay, see how much they get for a small skein of that!

Two things.
There is a yahoo group called Spindlers you might want to join. Also another less active group callled Spinning Camp, just for newbies! There are a lot of drop-spindle spinners on Spindlers, but they talk about all sorts of fiber stuff. I have been mostly sitting back & absorbing, it's pretty interesting.

When you are ready for a wheel, do check Ebay. I've seen a lot of wheels from sellers in Europe, might make the shipping a bit easier.

Holly

[MarvieN]

Thanks Julie!

My purty purple fluff is no more... it's now purty purple yarn!!!!!! :woohoo :clap I soaked it and it's hanging in my bathroom now with my shoes as weights. I hope it dries quick so I can make something with it!! There's not a lot of it, so it'll have to be small... I have no idea what I'll make lol but it's gotta be crocheted into something *g*

I'm sitting here with the rainbow fluff I just got from a fairy godmother, about to start on that next heheh

[rebeccav]

you are doing a great job, marvie!!

i'm in the spindlers group... under youbutterfly right now. i need to change that. might do it tonight. there are some nice people on there and they help fairly quickly :D!

whatchya gonna do with your first little bit????

just a thought, might make a few really nice book thongs :idea

[MarvieN]

Bookthongs are a great idea!

The spindlers group.... on ezboard? (I've never looked at any other boards here didn't know there was one lol)

[HollyM]

No, it's on Yahoo. You have to join the group (free) and you can choose to either read messages online, have each message sent to your email, or have a daily digest sent to you by email.

<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spindlers/" target="_new">Spindlers</a>

Hopefully that link will work!

Holly

[MarvieN]

Heheh cool.... I joined it yesterday.... or maybe it was the night before... over the weekend anyway =) I haven't posted anything yet but I read some of the msgs and files. Good source of info