As you can see, though, it's not just slippery fibers like bamboo and silk that are giving me trouble. Here's another 125 or so yards of the three-ply that's meant to be sock yarn. Better, especially in the plying, but not the kind of thing I'd enter in a fair or anything. Still I hope String Bean enjoys knitting with it some day.
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I don't spin (because my house is tiny and picking up another hobby may well be grounds for spousal abuse), so I don't know: once spun, can you unspin and try again, or does the practice have to be on a whole new chunk of roving?
And, ahem, there are people out in the world who don't spin but do knit and would therefore be awed to receive any homespun loveliness - and we would have no idea of any possible imperfections. Just sayin'... ;)
I hear you - you need to practice to get better so you can spin the fibre, but it seems like such a waste to damage the pretty fibre with my spinning. :0) The 3-ply looks pretty good, though!
I don't know from spinning, so I can't really critique properly. I admit, the first does look a smidge wonky, but the 3-ply looks cool.
Someday, when Lilah is in school and the house is clean and my book is done...then, I will learn to spin. But I can tell I would get obsessed with it, so it's best not to try right now :) I enjoy viewing your spinning progress.
The sock yarn looks good. You'll get better with more practice. I can't wait to start your socks.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of fiber is the yarn?
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