Back in the grove again

Spinning Day at Spinning Ginny's is just starting. Choo-Choo (lower right), Sue-Chi (upper right), Brutis & Ti (upper left). They like to curl up where the sun comes in from the windows of my Spinning Room. They keep me company while I spin (even if they sleep through it all).

My Spinning Wheel is all ready for me to start spinning up more Majestic Sky Merino Silk. I had started spinning this up originally in Yuma, Arizona. I had even knitted a pair of socks out of a skein of yarn that I had spun up while there. Then I spun up another skein of yarn just before packing everything up to move back home to Winchendon, MA. Yesterday I spun up another skein of yarn and listed 2 skeins in my store at http://www.spinningginny.com/ . I still have a lot more to spin up, so I just might get another skein or 2 added to my store.

I just finished carding up some Red Merino with some White Merino to make some Christmas Yarn. I'm spinning this on my Schacht Drop Spindle. This yarn is starting to remind me of Peppermint Candy. I haven't decided what I'll knit with it when I get all the wool carded and spun. Although, a nice warm sweater would be nice....or a nice warm hat.....or scarf.....maybe even some mittens......now that the weather is getting colder.

Good Spinning Day

Spinning Day at Spinning Ginny's went fairly well. I finished filling up the second bobbin and started plying up the 2 singles of Majestic Sky Merino/Silk. It really felt good to sit behind my spinning wheel and spin wool again.

Just the feel of the wool in my hands was enough to keep me spinning through out the day. Sometimes my hands would start to fall asleep or my feet would get tired moving the peddles up and down. When this would happen, I'd know that I had been spinning far too long and needed a break.

So up I'd get and take the dogs outside for their little romps in the backyard. When they were finished we'd come inside and I'd get something to drink and do some stretches etc. Then after about 20 minutes I'd go back to my spinning wheel, give it a good oiling again and then start spinning all over. All in all it was a good day of spinning.

Spinning Day at Spinning Ginny's

Well, I've been up since 4:30 am. Hubby was getting ready for work and my dogs woke me up. So after letting them out to do their thing, I decided to sit down at my spinning wheel and spin. I'm still spinning up my Majestic Sky Merino/Silk. I'm almost ready to ply up a third skein of yarn.

When I first started spinning up this wool I finished up a skein really fast then I knit up a pair of Ladies size 7 socks with it. They turned out great! I then spun up a second skein of yarn and put it on my desk to print up a label for it......never got around to printing up the label yet.

Then I got on this kick of using up some of my sock yarn stash to knit up socks for my website. This took me away from my spinning for a while..............hence not finishing spinning up this wonderful Majestic Sky Merino/Silk Wool.

Now that I'm making today my spinning day I may just get another skein spun up. I really want to finish spinning this wool up so that I can start spinning up my White faulkland Wool and my English Garden Merino Wool. I have lots of other wool in bags in my spinning room as well......just can't remember all the names of what I have.

I love sitting at my spinning wheel spinning up wool. I love spinning up new fibers as well as what I have left over on bobbins (have quite a few bobbins with left over spun yarn on them).

Really love spinning Llama and Alpaca as its really soft and spins up really fine. Now Camel Down is nice too but, I don't get a nice thinly spun yarn with it. Maybe its just the way I spin it or something like that. Spinning up Tussah and Silk blend wools are really nice too. This wool is soft and silky to touch and when knitted into socks, or scarves.......oooo, just love it.

I like to spin mostly on my Ashford Kiwi Student Spinning Wheel but I do have a Drop Spindle that I spin with now and then. I'm just not that good at spinning with a Drop Spindle as I am with my Spinning Wheel. I guess I just need to spin more with my Drop Spindle to get some more practice at it.

Anyway's its going to be a spinningly great day here at Spinning Ginny's. I'll be spinning all day long with breaks here and there to rest my hands. I'm putting my knitting on hold for today although, I do need to finish a pair of socks too.

Time to oil the spinning wheel for a long day of spinning.