I have renewed my relationship with my spinning wheel this summer. A short burst of spinning a bit of my moorit CVM was enough to remind me how happy and relaxed spinning makes me feel. Like Julie, when I got the most recent issue of Spin Off I found the Morning Surf scarf gallery very inspiring. Color and texture! I decided to treat myself to a little stash diving to find something that would be satisfying to the fingers and the soul and came out with an ounce of hand dyed tussah silk that was a little extra that was packed into an order of luxury sock fiber from Abby Franquemont's Ebay store. Just an ounce, so I decided that I would spin some reasonably fine singles and create a two-ply yarn and make a small summer scarf.
Pretty, no? It reminded me of summer wildflowers, and it was a joy even to pre-draft. The rest of the week will be a little photo essay of my trip from fiber to finished yarn. First stop: my first bobbin of singles yarn.
After I finished my first bobbin, I wished I had about 4 times as much of the stuff. But sometimes I think rarity adds to the special joy of working with a unique fiber.
