Spinning

With my knitting mojo en vacances, my spinning has been getting a bit more of a look-in. I am a slow spinner. For one thing my "automatic" yarn is worsted spun and very fine. So it takes forever to spin. I am also apt to get distracted from spinning by other things: knitting, running and cooking in recent weeks. And watching Castle.

However, I am currently trying to spin more regularly because I really do enjoy it, and I really love working with handspun yarns.

At the moment I am spinning some dark blue merino silk from Wingham Woolwork. I bought this at Woolfest in 2013, and it is spinning up beautifully. Slowly (I started spinning it in April!), but beautifully. I am about a third of the way through spinning this fibre, and am still enjoying it but can see impatience to start something new starting to rear its little head. So I am trying to take advantage of some quiet time to get more spinning done.