Hi, I'm Bev. I've been spinning since about 1989 or so. I know how to knit, sort of, but really don't enjoy it much. I do a lot of crochet and I prefer to use my own yarn. I've spun about everything that's spin-able and most like to spin natural fiber just as it comes from whatever type of animal that grew it. Right now I'm spinning with some cream colored llama and have a bunch of hair from Baskar Curly horses. Some of that spins up very nicely while other horses' coats just don't do as well. I'm planning of the yarn I'm spinning up now to become the throw I promised myself I'd have done last Christmas. So far I've got two bobbins worth washed. Bev
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Hi Bev! Welcome!!! I cannot spin, but what you tell, sound very interresting! I hope you'll show us some of your yarn and what you have done with it! hugs,
I've only been spinning for about twenty five years and I don't enjoy it - I know that's sacrilege but there you go! Nor do I like tatting, doing it or the result.
I do like crochet and knitting, which I've done on and off for about sixty years.
I've never tried lace making and haven't done much cross-stitch but enjoy ordinary embroidery. Recently I finished a supper cloth which I last picked up when I was in labour with our fifth child, in 1968 :-)
Other yarn crafts I do are 'trollen', tablet weaving, simple heddle weaving, net-making, nahlbindning and hand sewing - can't abide machine sewing.
In fact my husband does far more of these things (apart from knitting and crochet) than I do. He has spun dog hair for someone and hated it because of the smell. Mostly he likes to spin wool, like you straight from the fleece and preferably unwashed because it's kinder to his hands. He also spins flax, hemp and cotton fibre for me to use as candle wicks. I'm glad he spins wool in the grease because I always had to wash them and it's heavy work!
I like it when he spiins different coloured fleece because I like the more subtle colours to knit.
Horse hair? I'd have thought that would be too slippery, it would be good to know more about that. Is Baskar Curly a person or a horse breed? I know very little about them, sadly. I do know that Icelandic horses have a wide variety of colours, there are books about it!
Right, well having as many as I do there is absolutely no shortage of the stuff - I'm going to start collecting. After all I end up "wearing" their fur all the time. :)
I've always thought spinning was interesting. In late March I will get my chance to try it. Our local university's continuing studies department will offer a one night class on spinning with a drop spindle.
I do counted thread embroidery, knitting and crochet and I also sew (by machine).
This is a great group. We look forward to hearing more from you.
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