Fugly. But fun!
October 2nd, 2006
Okay. I’m kind of embarrased to show you this. But I’m going to anyway. Because I’m so proud of it! It’s my very first hank of my very own handspun yarn guys! I even plied it and everything!
So I spun up some of that pretty merino roving that I showed you in my last post. Then I spun up all of the bits of fiber that I had lying round onto the other drop spindle that I have. My teacher gave us bits of wool, angora, and silk to play with. I also had some green wool that somebody else gave me two years ago. I think there was also camel among the fibers that I had. I also spun up some dog hair. Yes, you heard me right. I have a box of dog hair that I have been moving around with me for two or three years. It is from my friend, Gail’s dogs. She started saving her dog hair when she went to a dog show and saw some handspun yarn from various dog breeds. She gave it to me three years ago when I told her I wanted to learn how to spin yarn. I’m finally getting around to spinning it. Here are a couple of balls that I have spun up:
I am going to ply it with wool. In fact, after I post this I’m going to a fiber store here in Spokane called Paradise Fibers to buy some cream colored wool to spin up and ply with this. As you can tell, the dog hair is very fuzzy. It looks and feels very much like Angora. I read somewhere that plying it with wool is good so that the finished product isn’t super hot.
In a few days I will show you what I’m doing for Socktoberfest! For now, I will leave you with my finished Loll back. I wanted to at least finish the back of her before she gets tucked away again while I work on socks and gifts for Christmas.
8 Comments
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Dianne | October 2nd, 2006 at 9:28 am
I LOVE it! Very fun yarn! You did a great job!
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Christie | October 2nd, 2006 at 11:24 am
It’s not fugly! The first one looks like candy!
Dog hair? How cool is that? I”m sure your husband is glad your finally doing with that box that has been following you around all this time!
Great job!
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Melissa | October 2nd, 2006 at 3:36 pm
yay! your first handspun!
there’s actually a book out about spinning your dog’s hair and knitting up a sweater. somehow i pictured little old ladies saving their long dead pooches hair and turning it into a boxy old lady sweater though. i’m sure you’ll do something much cooler with it!
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Sachi | October 2nd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Oh! That’s just fantastic! You’re lightyears ahead of sooooo many in the spinner arena.
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Lolly | October 3rd, 2006 at 9:32 am
I am so impressed, Moni! I couldnt spin if my life depended on it!
I love the colors and the plying!
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Jennifer | October 4th, 2006 at 8:37 am
The handspun looks lovely. So does Loll. I also have some roving hanging around in my closet that needs to be spun up.
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heather | October 4th, 2006 at 9:15 am
don’t be embarrassed! I’m totally impressed!
bye loll see you after xmas!
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andrea | October 5th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
mmm, how pretty! especially the red and white, really nice
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