Back from another spinning class. Only two more to go! I'm working steady on the merino wool that my teacher dyed a lovely greenish blue color. I'm trying to spin it everyday so that I'll have enough stuff to play with when plying. Pretty isn't it?
Today I got to play with flax - which is spun into linen. It's much different then working with wool or cotton. It's stiffer but has a wonderful luster and is incredibly strong. I brought some flax home to play with this week - see picture above, it's the white fiber. I also got to make a few cotton puni's at class and got to bring those home too. I made them with the natural orange cotton that I just love. Don't they look like big worms? I'm really enjoying spinning school and will be sad when it's over, but it's taught me so much new stuff about sheep, raising sheep, growing cotton, fibers in general, spinning, history and being more self sufficient. Next week starts the two-part ending class about plying. I'm excited to be able to see what all this fiber I've been spinning will look like as yarn!
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