God, I'm a nerd.

[carleton97]

The other day, I was blindsided by the desire to start spinning my own yarn. So today, I went out and purchased a Schacht drop spindle and roving from my local yarn shop.



Of course, my first spindle of yarn is not the prettiest thing ever:



I'm planning on plying the two colors together when they're both spun up.

I totally want a spinning wheel now.

Comments

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

dslkjkljas;kl Nerd does not even begin to cover it.

That is really, really cool though. I heart.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking that one day I'll just do something so nerdish that even you can't love me for anymore.

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

No, no, that could never happen! I loves you! I'll just repress and deny.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

Heee! I loves too!

If I had hand carders, I'd blend the two yarns together!

I'm totally asking for a spinning wheel for christmas, too.

I love your so.much.jelly thing too. I keep forgetting to tell you.

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

Hand... carders? Okay, I don't know what that means but you used an exclamation point so I am uber excited about it! YAY! You should totally get one! I support that 100%.

You should! You could be like Sleeping Beauty. Only, you know, not dead. Or, um, sleeping. Or whatever. You could have one though. I could tell people, "my bestest girl has a spinning wheel." And they would all be jealous of me and shit. Ha. Fuckers.

ahahah! I love it too. When you said that I thought I was going to pee myself I was laughing so hard. I had to change my "name". My love is pure and true.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

Hand carders are wire brushes, sort of like dog brushes. You brush out the washed wool so that it's all nice and smooth.

This is one of the wheels I'm thinking about. I need to spin on it before deciding, but I'm probably getting this style since it takes up less room than the traditional style.

http://www.woolery.com/Pages/kromski.html#minstrel

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

ahahaha. You are so cute. You already know exactly what you want. I love you.

Also? All that stuff looks like medieval torture devices. I'm just saying.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

I'll give you that, it's true.

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

heeeee!

potato.

I posted my playlist again, did you see? Only two people have asked for stuff, you should ask for stuffff. I'm going to badger everyone, I think.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

I saw that when I was at work and, of course, it fell right out of my brain when I saw Serenity last night.

Serenity!

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

::fingers in ears:: la, la, la, la, can't hear youuuuu...

Nah, I'm kidding, I already know what happens. Like exactly. heh. Was it as good as they all say?

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

The movie was awesomely good.

The thing, though? TOTALLY unexpected.

[exitsign.livejournal.com]

::emo tears::

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[bbennett.livejournal.com]

Very cool - I've knitted lots, but I've never tried spinning and I've always had a mind to.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

I'm loving it. Ru has moxed, but I will not be thwarted!

I don't know what spurred me to this, but I'm totally into it.