Last month, the Kiwi group on Ravelry organized a fiber swap! This is what I got! I love the cute crochet amigurumi, and the smart little gauge ruler. And the fiber! Looks super yummy! It’s blue faced leiscester, 3.5oz. I can’t wait to spin it into socks. 
I’m currently working on Yarn Chef’s 60% Merino/40% Bamboo fiber right now. The colors are gorgeous and bamboo is really pleasant to spin. I’m going to make this a 2-ply lace weight yarn for a shawlette. Question: when your flyer only came with one set/side of hooks, is there any way I can wind the yarn onto the bobbin more evenly? I decided to not get a WW for my Kiwi and instead just save the money for a Matchless later. Perhaps I should get a sliding hook flyer that was made for Kiwi 2?
So I took a look at the fiber I had in my stash. Meet the contenders:
(from left) brown sheep mill ends sliver; Louet corriedale in red; Royal Hare SW Merino from Purlescence Yarns.
And I decided on…..
TADA~
i’m happy with my choice. I unbraided it and it felt so smooth in my hand. Spinning was glorious.
There are still thick spots but considering this is my second spinning project, I’m not complaining. I only hope it improves from here on. Maybe after plying it’ll get better.. Or I can just cut it out when I knit with it. And I’m really not good at making it even on the bobbin…
I keep hearing that our feet are very sensitive and therefore the sock yarn has to be extremely even and smooth, otherwise we notice those lumps and bumps… So I HOPE this is good enough to be sock yarn. We shall see.
I’m done with the spinning part. Next, plying!
Few months ago, I got my first spinning wheel, Ashford Kiwi.
I bought it “unfinished” so when I got it, I stained it with dark wood color and then spray painted the wheel black.
And here’s a merino/silk blend roving I bought 3 years ago, thinking I’d try my hands at drop spindling. It failed horribly and I have some pigtail looking pink yarn in my stash somewhere. I used up about an oz of it and didn’t touch it since.
Finally, it’s spun, skeined, washed, and voila!
My first 100gram
I think I’m going to knit a shawlette with it. It’s still quite uneven, but I want to use it as single ply so something with simple garter or stockinette stitch body with lace edging….
