This is my lastest hobbie. I bought a drop spindle for $5 and some wool roving and away I went! The next thing I knew I was bidding on raw fleeces on ebay, man, you can find anything on ebay. This is my first fleece, I've already gotten two skeins of yarn out of it and I've started on my third. it is quite addicting. I have a vision of a really yummy handbag that is going to come out of this, if I have enough yarn even a mathing coin purse. it is not your typical white sheep wool, but rather a black/gray/brown color with lots of variation, I am just carding it abit at a time as I go so that I get this great tweady varigated looking yarn, beautiful! I have also ordered a bunch of pre washed, pre dyed roving that is ging to make some excellent socks for this fall. I can't wait to start on it. If I'm not careful I may find myself bidding on a spinning wheel. (think of how much faster I could fill my yarn basket!) The hard part right now of course is how to divide my time up between, spinning, crocheting and my next hobbie which is learning to knit (blech! knitting is hard =) of course I've got to fit all that in between housekeeping for my pack of animals (see 3 girls age 5 and under and a gorilla of a husband =)
Anyway, keep an eye out in the future for my handspun purse I'm sure it will end up on the shelve at my etsy store before too long.
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