Wheel and First Handspun!

I suppose it is time to talk about my wheel when it came in. I left work early to go pick it up. When I got to the yarn shop Lucy told me she didn't have time to give me a lesson but I bought some merino/silk blend ( don't have a picture right now) and a niddy noddy for when I wanted to make a hank before I left.

When I got home I ripped open the box and got to work on putting my baby together! I just wasn't expecting it to take 3 hours!!!!

So it took me 3 hours to put together, meaning I didn't have much time to do actual spinning on it because I was tired, cranky, my back hurt and it was almost bed time! But I tried for a little while and lets just say I wasn't a natural. I couldn't get it to turn the right way and the fiber kept breaking =( very frustrating.

But I eventually got the hang of it and produced a nice bobbin of purple corriedale singles =)

Obviously they are thick and uneven but it was my first time! And I have definately seen worse. I eventually got bored with spinning the purple because I knew it was messed up so I wanted to try something else. I grabbed the wool blend I bought from MaineWoodsYarns in the birch tree color way and it spun up gorgeous! I LOVED the colors but I messed half the roving up when I started so I couldn't get two bobbins to ply. So what did I do? I plyed it with the purple and it is beautiful.

Yes I know, I need to start taking pictures during daylight hours, they are terrible! But the yarn is soooooo pretty! I wish I had more =(

84 yards of bulky weight yarn wool blend and corriedale. I am in love with the colors and I am going to try to find that colorway again and order more, it is just love I tell you! I hope I have enough to make a hate with in, I don't think I would even take it off =)