Read the title of this post. I’ll give you 3 guesses as to what I bought at an Arts Festival this weekend. If you guessed a skein of hand-spun merino yarn, you’re right! Woo!
My mom and I spent this hot Saturday afternoon browsing at a local Arts Festival. It was a pleasant few hours and certainly nice to be on the other side of the booths for a change.
One of the tents caught my attention: It was a booth with hand-spun yarn! Although the yarn was lovely, the lady working the booth was not. She was a little distracted and not very helpful, but I thought the yarn was worth it despite her poor customer service. See pictures below, I hope you’ll agree.
I ended up purchasing 104 yards (1.4oz) of hand-spun, hand-dyed Merino wool yarn. Yum. It was a special treat (from myself to myself). I think it’ll be just enough yarn to make a hat.
One of these days, I’d love to learn how to spin. I have some roving I purchased a while ago, but never got around to learning how to do it. Anyone know how to spin and want to team me? I’ll make you a haaaat. 🙂
Aprile M.
July 4, 2011gorgeous!
Rowe
July 7, 2011just get a drop spindle and watch videos on youtube, that’s how i learnt. The best way to do it is spin a little bit a day, you’ll see your spinning improve in no time.
Medha
September 16, 2015Thank you so much for this tutorial! I went away with it imdiaemtely, finishing the whole thing in one day.I even managed to line the headband the next day with some supersoft fleece My ears have never been cosier