Spun

I don't own a spinning wheel ...yet.

The process involved in transforming this
fleece into
wool is pure alchemy in my eyes.

I have had the opportunity to try two spinning wheel. May I say, spinners are patient, empathic, encouraging people. ...and even though I felt rather awkward I was stung. Now I have the sickness. I am tormented (read delighted) by dreams of spinning my own yarn to knit my own designs.

I do not own an angora bunny. ...but this gal can dream. I fantasize about bunnies happily hoping around like little yawn mowers in our front yard. I fantasize about the beautiful hand knits created from their fibre.

As a couple, hubby and I are ying and yang. Me with my head in the clouds. He with his feet firmly planted on the earth. We do not own bunnies. He does not share my dream. ...yet.

Do you remember our lint yarn? Well, I discovered today that not only did we create yarn but we created single ply lint yarn. Cool, eh?

This yarn has three plies.

Learn more...

Check out Michele Lock's article: Why ply? [and how!] http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/FEATwhyply.html

...and Wendy Chatley Green's article: Frequently asked questions about the stringy stuff hanging from needles and hooks http://www.woolworks.org/fibers.html

Share my dream. Here's a good place to start: Angora Rabbits: The wool Industry's Pride and Joy by Victoria Varga http://www.homestead.org/LivestockDirectory/VictoriaVargas/AngoraRabbits.htm

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