urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:knitknat1021 knitknat1021 knitknat1021 2006-01-04T21:00:44Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:knitknat1021:857 2006-01-04T21:00:44Z 2006-01-04T21:00:44Z I found this roving at my LYS and I really fell in love with the colors.<br /><img src="http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=knitknat1021&amp;pid=420931&amp;sid=JMW99lKNP1" border="0"><br />I finally was able to get a nice fingering weight yarn on my wheel. Here it is on the bobbin.<br /><img src="http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=knitknat1021&amp;pid=420929&amp;sid=buI00lsZz0" border="0"><br />And here it is being skeined up.<br /><img src="http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=knitknat1021&amp;pid=420930&amp;sid=cNW65sABF3" border="0"><br /><br />The trick I learned while spinning this is to Seperate the Top into Pencil size strips and predraft. Then roll them in to coils and have them near you. I wear an apron with large pockets that when I sit down are in my lap and I put the coils in it and so when one is ending I can just join on another one and I do not get any over twist prior to the join. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:knitknat1021:735 2005-12-30T15:30:37Z 2005-12-30T15:30:37Z <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8/1218/320/DSC00267.jpg" border="0" /><br />Ok I am truly hooked on Spinning I love the end results. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:knitknat1021:394 2005-12-28T16:00:15Z 2005-12-28T16:00:15Z The Nice ups man delived my Brand new Louet S15 to me on Wednesday of Last week and I have spinning like crazy since then I have been posting pictures on my blog as I cannot seem to get a picture oposted here. I have spun about 3 pounds of wool in the past few days and I am truely addicted to spinning. I have only used a drop spindle a couple of times and this is so much more fun, and quicker. <br />Here is the link to my blog for the pictures. <br /><a href="http://katiesknitknat.blogspot.com">http://katiesknitknat.blogspot.com</a>