Spinning and procrastinating

 I’m busy this week so here’s pictures. Mostly spinning. Haven’t done Christmas presents as much as I should. I’m missing materials anyways.

Roving I loosely put together and spun. Wool. 

White cotton-ball cotton (more on that at a later time) and the roving above. Both about fingering weight, chainplied. 

Chainplied cotton from a ball I dyed a while ago 

Wider shot of the dyed cotton

More pictures of finished things

Cotton on the spindle


Wool ready to be plied


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