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I have recently had the urge to spin my own wool. Not for the purpose of saving money as it doesn’t but more for the reason of learning a life skill.

I bought a kit from ForestFibres in the UK.  It came with a medium weight drop spindle and some roving.  I had a choice of colours for the roving but as usual I picked green.

At the same time I bought 500g of Bluefaced Leicester roving for when I get more proficient.

I also bought 2 dog brushes from Wilkinsons to card my leftovers.. I can’t stand waste.

The kit arrived very quickly and I got down to trying it out straight away.  It came with basic written instructions but I found it easier to watch youtube videos.

This was my first skein of yarn.

It was far from perfect but it was usable as I found out tonight when I knitted a toddler cup cosy out of it.  DS seems happy with it anyway.

I tried a bit of plying too which I really rushed as I didn’t think it would work.  It’s very loose but at least now I understand the concept of how it works.

I now have to do a lot of practice before I can produce anything that looks like shop bought yarn.   I am really pleased I decided to give spinning a go as I find it very rewarding and therapeutic.