Yarn

[DecemberFlower]

I recently finished a new skein of yarn. Yay.



I've been wanting to start up spinning another skein (I have a ton of this fiber), but I've been too busy with packing to do it. Damn moving gets in the way of my crafts. ):  

[Mildred Pierce]

How can you get fibers to spin yarn?  

[knitting_needle_ninja]

Yes, really. Where do you get them? I've seen one place that sells a little bit of wool roving, but I'm allergic to wool.  

[Peppermint Elf]

knitting_needle_ninja

Yes, really. Where do you get them? I've seen one place that sells a little bit of wool roving, but I'm allergic to wool.

You can always try Etsy. Most people who are allergic to wool find alpaca/camelid to be ok, but you can always spin cotton, silk, angora, linen, hemp or bamboo if you're concerned.

Also, you might try seeing if you're allergic to wool or the chemicals in commercially spun wool. There are types of wool that are very very fine and the barbs on the shaft of regular wool (which is what irritates your skin), are not quite as noticeable/uncomfortable in fine wools like merino or corriedale.

Egads, I sound more like a spinner every day. sweatdrop  

[Tinuvial]

I get all of my fiber at Paradise Fibers. I also purchased my wheel there - they gave me a $40.00 fiber credit with the wheel.

I love yarns that have the barber pole striping. They have so much character and texture when you work them up in garter stitch. Your yarn is going to be beautiful knitted up, December. ^_^ It makes me think of something BrooklynTweed would work with. Also, kudos to you for taking such clear close-up photos of your yarn.

When it comes to life getting in the way of your crafts, I feel your pain. I'm currently preparing for my Ph.D. candidacy exams and all fiber arts have been neglected since about late May. It's driving me crazy! I just ordered some laceweight so I can jump back in with a huge ornate project as soon as I've finished the oral exam! >:3  

[Lee Kushrenada]

I get all of my fiber from yarn store's.
not all yarn shop's sell it, but I'm lucky to have 2 really nice ones really close. I just got some today. 4laugh  

[Report Bot Yumi]

I lovee Yarn,espescially different colors!!!!!!!  

[knitting_needle_ninja]

Peppermint Elf

knitting_needle_ninja

Yes, really. Where do you get them? I've seen one place that sells a little bit of wool roving, but I'm allergic to wool.

You can always try Etsy. Most people who are allergic to wool find alpaca/camelid to be ok, but you can always spin cotton, silk, angora, linen, hemp or bamboo if you're concerned.

Also, you might try seeing if you're allergic to wool or the chemicals in commercially spun wool. There are types of wool that are very very fine and the barbs on the shaft of regular wool (which is what irritates your skin), are not quite as noticeable/uncomfortable in fine wools like merino or corriedale.

Egads, I sound more like a spinner every day. sweatdrop

Okay, I'll have to look into that. I wanted to start working with a drop spindle, but the only LYS that sells them around here wants at least $40 for one.

Merino wool doesn't seem to bother me as much, but I still can't have it on my skin. Regular wool, like you might felt with, is just horrible for me. I'm very allergic to both that and the nylon they used to make kids PJs out of in the late 80s/early 90s.  

[Peppermint Elf]

knitting_needle_ninja

Peppermint Elf

knitting_needle_ninja

Yes, really. Where do you get them? I've seen one place that sells a little bit of wool roving, but I'm allergic to wool.

You can always try Etsy. Most people who are allergic to wool find alpaca/camelid to be ok, but you can always spin cotton, silk, angora, linen, hemp or bamboo if you're concerned.

Also, you might try seeing if you're allergic to wool or the chemicals in commercially spun wool. There are types of wool that are very very fine and the barbs on the shaft of regular wool (which is what irritates your skin), are not quite as noticeable/uncomfortable in fine wools like merino or corriedale.

Egads, I sound more like a spinner every day. sweatdrop

Okay, I'll have to look into that. I wanted to start working with a drop spindle, but the only LYS that sells them around here wants at least $40 for one.

Merino wool doesn't seem to bother me as much, but I still can't have it on my skin. Regular wool, like you might felt with, is just horrible for me. I'm very allergic to both that and the nylon they used to make kids PJs out of in the late 80s/early 90s.

You can make a spindle for pretty cheap. Just go to your local craft store, pick up a wooden toy car tire, a dowel, and an eyelet hook from a hardware store. All in all, it should cost around $3 or so. If you pick up more than one wooden tire, a dowel will make shafts for about 3 spindles. 3nodding  

[sonicrunner001]

ForestGreen

That is way cool! I've gotta learn to spin someday, perhaps after I learn to knit. whee

If you learn to spin, please learn how spin consistinlty. I've used home spun yarn before, but the spinner didn't spin it evenly. So sometimes I'd have a wad of yarn and other times, it was near non-existant. I hope her bolero that I made doesn't fall apart on her.  

[knitting_needle_ninja]

Peppermint Elf

knitting_needle_ninja

Peppermint Elf

knitting_needle_ninja

Yes, really. Where do you get them? I've seen one place that sells a little bit of wool roving, but I'm allergic to wool.

You can always try Etsy. Most people who are allergic to wool find alpaca/camelid to be ok, but you can always spin cotton, silk, angora, linen, hemp or bamboo if you're concerned.

Also, you might try seeing if you're allergic to wool or the chemicals in commercially spun wool. There are types of wool that are very very fine and the barbs on the shaft of regular wool (which is what irritates your skin), are not quite as noticeable/uncomfortable in fine wools like merino or corriedale.

Egads, I sound more like a spinner every day. sweatdrop

Okay, I'll have to look into that. I wanted to start working with a drop spindle, but the only LYS that sells them around here wants at least $40 for one.

Merino wool doesn't seem to bother me as much, but I still can't have it on my skin. Regular wool, like you might felt with, is just horrible for me. I'm very allergic to both that and the nylon they used to make kids PJs out of in the late 80s/early 90s.

You can make a spindle for pretty cheap. Just go to your local craft store, pick up a wooden toy car tire, a dowel, and an eyelet hook from a hardware store. All in all, it should cost around $3 or so. If you pick up more than one wooden tire, a dowel will make shafts for about 3 spindles. 3nodding

I want to make one, but seeing as I don't even know how to use one properly, it wouldn't do me much good. ^^; Thanks for the tip, though.  

[Jka]

Would you be able to make yarn like that with a hand/drop spindle?

Sorry to sound like a complete newbie, but is a drop spindle the kind that you use by hand, without a wheel? I've never spun before, can anyone suggest a good fiber to start with? D:

Oh, and do you guys buy the wool/whatever fiber you use in the color you need, or do you dye it?

 

[Lee Kushrenada]

Jka

Would you be able to make yarn like that with a hand/drop spindle?

Sorry to sound like a complete newbie, but is a drop spindle the kind that you use by hand, without a wheel? I've never spun before, can anyone suggest a good fiber to start with? D:

Oh, and do you guys buy the wool/whatever fiber you use in the color you need, or do you dye it?

yes a drop spindle is the kind used to make yarn with out a wheel, drop spindle's have been around long before the wheel.
spindle yarn and wheel yarn is the same, though I can do more with a wheel.

for your first fiber, I would go with a nice wool, some thing soft to the touch. blaugh

I myself buy fiber that has been dyed, but you can by all mean's dye it. ether before, or after it's been spun.  

[Lee Kushrenada]

here's something I spun.
I took some black wool, and added little bit's of recycled silk to the yarn. then I knitted it up into this funky glove/rist-thingy.