Saturday, May 05, 2007
introducing Sirena...
Sirena is Spanish (and Latin and Greek) for siren and can also mean "mermaid." The "siren" is particularly true because every time I look at her, I hear the siren's call of spinning.
I spent the good part of today learning about my wheel and spinning my first yarn. It took me a while to get the hang of drafting for the wheel. I tried drafting with each hand and figured out which one worked best for me.
Here is my first bobbin of yarn. I used the Corriedale combed wool top that Woodland Woolworks included in my shipment. I decided not to fill the bobbin completely because I wanted to try the plying flyer and I knew that some of the yarn was a little loose.
I had no problems treadling clockwise to spin the yarn, but had some trouble treadling counter-clockwise when I was plying. As I suspected, some of the early yarn was too loose and came apart. But I managed to get 10 yards of two-ply yarn. Here it is before it's bath:
It's drying now and I'm taking a little break to do laundry and other mundane things.
Sirena is sitting by the sofa, and I already hear her calling...oh, boy, I'm in big trouble!
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