Spinning Wheel

One of my newer fiber hobbies is handspinning. I've been playing with it more than really producing anything useful, but it's been fun. And, once again, it's a testament to the power of the internet. After some searching around online, I found a 'viral video on YouTube from Abby at Abby's Yarns. (I've also purchased very dreamy fiber from her, but that's another post.) She shows how to start and handle a drop spindle, and it completely opened a whole new level of fiber obsession. I had been playing around with a student grade spindle I bought at Wild Fibre during my beach trip in Savannah. I also found something online about creating a drop spindle with a dowel and a CD and played around with that too. Then, I discovered Spinsanity's store on Etsy.com. And, now that I have a grown-up, real spindle, life will never be the same. It's loverly. It has a flower on it. It spins like a dream. Yes, it's my pressscccciooouuussss.

Now I want a kick spindle.

By the way, I notice my blog seems to be having some photo issues. I'm not sure why that is, but I'll get to working on that after I finish getting the garb done....like tomorrow.