More yarn for my stash...

I haven't posted in awhile, but here are the latest yarns I've spun to add to the stash.

Fiber: Funky Carolina Scrappies
Yardage: 151 yds singles
Weight: Worsted/Aran

Fiber: Funky Carolina Blue-Faced Leicester in colorway, Snap
Yardage: 240 yds, 2 ply
Weight: Fingering
Fiber: Funky Carolina Blue-Faced Leicester in colorway Warm Lips
Yardage: 396 yds, 2-ply
Weight: Light Fingering


Fiber: Spunky Eclectic 100% Organic Merino in colorway Twilight (January 2009 Fiber Club)
Yardage: 161 yds., 2-ply
Weight: Aran

Yeah, so I suppose I should actually start knitting some stuff with my handspun. Right now, I'm just enthralled with it enough that I want to just sit and look at it. Plus, there is a desire to find the perfect project for it. Plus, yeah, knitting has taken a backseat to spinning right now (shhh...don't tell my unfinished projects). This is only because spinning is so new to me.

Real Yarn #2!

I should have posted this last week, but I've been busy. At any rate, here is the second yarn from my wheel. The roving was from Twisted Fiber Art...colorway: Saucy. I think it looks more even and is thinner than my first yarn from my wheel. Hooray for learning! I haven't done much spinning lately because I've been working on a sweater for my niece that should have been done for Christmas. Christmas in January, anyone? At any rate, it's really close to being done. I'm seaming up the last sleeve right now. Then, I need to felt it lightly in the washing machine to ensure that it's the right size. Hopefully, I can do that tonight. Pictures are forthcoming on that one. It will probably be towards the end of the week, so that it can dry.

It looks like real yarn!

Well, here it is...the first yarn I did on my wheel, and it looks like real yarn! Hooray! The picture at the top of my blog is the first yarn I ever did on a wheel. It's a fun novelty yarn, but I'm so excited to be creating stuff that looks more like it should. Hooray! Now, I just need to find something to knit with it.

Spinning Wheel Part 2

Well, here they are...pictures of my new Kromski Sonata. She's a beauty, and I love her! :) I had a helpful phone call with a friend from Ravelry last night on spinning, and tonight, I was actually able to create something that looked like decent singles! Tomorrow, I will be plying them, and I will post more pictures then. For now, the pictures of the wheel and my fun Fleece Artist handspun singles wrapped on the bobbin will have to do!

Spinning Wheel

IT'S HERE!!!!! I will post pictures soon, but suffice to say that it's a beauty! Off to go learn how to use it ;)

Packages on the porch...

Today I received two "learn to spin" books from Amazon. I've pretty much reach both of them in preparation for receiving my wheel. Also, I got my Photoshop Lightroom 2 Classroom in a Book book to help me learn even more about Photoshop. Hooray!

Even better is that UPS is telling me that my spinning wheel is scheduled for delivery TOMORROW! Yippee!!! Apparently, it's somewhere between Lexington, KY and here right now. I love online tracking ;) Hopefully, I'll also get some handspun, my Malabrigo Projects Club yarn, and some roving for spinning tomorrow too. Fingers crossed!

Photography and Photoshop

My wonderful husband got me Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Christmas. I bought a book to learn all of it's capabilities, but in the mean time, I've been messing around with it some. I took the first picture of our light post after the major ice storm we had here. Pretty cool image, right? The second image was after a little Photoshop magic. So much better! :) I'm still learning the nuances of the program, but I'm hoping my "Classroom in a Book" clears things up, so I can get even more functionality out of the program.