Spinning my wheels

On the weekend I was up at Mom's again, but I wasn't in the mood to dye yarn, so we dug out her older wheel (a little Kiwi) and I took it for a spin.

 I destroyed an entire braid of mint green corriedale before I finally got the hang of things. And after a bit, we switched wheels and Mom let me work on her Ladybug, which is quite a bit smoother.

I managed to get a bobbin full of some mixed fiber that had been carded into a small batt.

Which we decided to ply with some black merino Mom had spun up a while ago.

It worked out fairly well so I decided to take another stab at a braid and went and grabbed one of the BFLs I dyed up last week.

So far, I find it much easier to spin from batts than braids, but when all was said and done, I ended up with two little skeins that almost resemble yarn!

Naturally, I came home and knitted them right up. The grey skein was very sheepy, so I thought it would be perfect for the kids. It became a cat nip pouch.

And it was VERY well received

Rocky's got his crazy eyes on

"Ohhhh yeah - mama got the good stuff!!!"

Of course, since I only made on bag, there was little bit of fighting

But in the end, Tux always wins.

The pink/yellow skien...

became a little cat stuffie.... though Rocky thinks this should be his too... cat nip-filled or not.