{"id":14368,"date":"2015-04-16T16:25:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=14368"},"modified":"2015-04-16T16:25:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:25:20","slug":"my-new-spinning-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/14368","title":{"rendered":"My New Spinning Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year when I went to Breidag<\/a>\u00a0(craft fair) with some friends, I saw a lot of women spinning on drop spindles and spinning wheels and became intrigued. \u00a0I also saw a lot of really beautiful spinning fiber that was waiting to be made into yarn. \u00a0At that time I had specific projects in mind that I was looking to buy yarn for, so I didn’t really look into the spinning thing, but I made a mental note to get more info or possibly take a spinning class to see if I like it.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a year to a few weeks ago when\u00a0my friend Nerissa<\/a>\u00a0I visited Breidag again. \u00a0This time my mission was different… I’d spent a year mulling over possibly giving spinning a go, watching YouTube videos and reading forums on Ravelry<\/a>. \u00a0I was going to buy a spindle and learn to spin!<\/p>\n

Admittedly, when we got to the venue, we were both somewhat disappointed<\/a>. \u00a0Most of what we saw the previous year was nowhere to be found, and there were only two small stalls that had any spinning materials at all! \u00a0The venue was dark, the women were pushy, and we both felt rather ‘meh’ about the whole thing. \u00a0Thankfully, the ladies at the one spinning stand that was there were incredibly friendly and helpful. They had simple spinning kits for 10 euro that gave you a spindle and a small amount of fiber to practice on and showed us to the other (yes, singular) stand that had fiber for sale.<\/p>\n

This is what I bought that day… spindle, fiber and ball of Limited by Wolcafe<\/a> that I just couldn’t resist!<\/p>\n

\"Breidag<\/a><\/p>\n

The red multicolored fiber is what came with the spindle. \u00a0Apparently it’s called a “rolag” which they had to repeat to me about 10 times because for some reason I couldn’t get it into my head what they were saying. \u00a0You have to admit, it’s a weird word.<\/p>\n

I revisited some of the videos that I had seen earlier to get a refresher on how this whole thing worked. \u00a0In the end I followed this video and started out with the park and draft method. \u00a0I could see why this was a preferred method for beginners as it doesn’t require you to have to draft your fiber while the spindle is hanging, allowing you to hold it steady and work your fiber instead. \u00a0It made it all much, much easier.<\/p>\n