Showing and telling

Introducing my first ickle baby skein of hand spun yarn. Got sent some goodies on Saturday from The Yarn Yard and included was some small bits of fibre.. Sat and played with the merino yesterday, which I haven’t spun with before and using my lighter weight spindle from Drop Whorl Spindles , this one is 18 grams and I just couldn’t get it to work.. After the success of spinning on the 36 gram one last week, thought well lets give is a whirl and whirl is did. So this is the first to be plied and have the twist set.. that means, soaking in warm water, rolling in a towel to get out the excess water and then gulp… whacking! to fluff up the yarn.. well it didn’t all fall apart on me.. phew and weighs in at 7 grams and if my maths is right, about 53 yards.. this is going to be my pet skein. On the needles, has been a pair of socks Yarn: Bambino, colourway Tor.. from Wild Fire Fibres Pattern: Milanese socks from MSKS Currently on the n...