Cotton!

It was fun fun to spin cotton! I have made a skein that looks like something I could have spun decades ago :) Uneven, but can be used for something. OK, so I have to spin lots of cotton to get a yarn I can be proud of, but now I know how to do it. Spun on Hansen Minispinner:

Sock yarn

My first cabled sock yarn on Hansen Minispinner:

One thread is BFL hand dyed by Swedish spinner and knitter polpo:

I plied with red and dark gray longwool and orange and yellow merino. 225 grams, rather thin.

As you can see we still have lots of snow, but it's melting. At least I hope so.

Finnsheep

Here is a very good article about Finnsheep: International Fleeces, Focus on Finnsheep

First skein on Minispinner

This is my first skein ever on my Minispinner. I'm very pleased, even if both spinning and plying is a bit uncertain. It's 200 grams Shetland, about 1130 meters. Custom dyed for me by FridayStudios. I'll knit a Hap shawl. Only have to spin brown and white Shetland to combine with. The yarn isn't finished yet, but I don't think it will change much when washed.

Sun

The sun is shining, the snow is melting. Yes it's spring!