I recently aquired a large amount of domestic wool top. From mixed sources it's tough and springy and spins up in a jiffy! I made four 100 yard skeins (~4oz each). Two of which I dyed a cherry red/pink and one I left as a sweet bubble gum pink. The fourth I have left as pictured in natural white/cream. I'm working on a fifth skein and hope to open my Etsy shop soon with a group of nuetral, dyed by me and dyed by others (but handspun by me) yarns. I'm torn between leaving them single ply and having a larger number of the same type of yarn (better for people wanting to make a larger project), or plying them together, reducing my stock but making better yarn. I suppose single ply is also pretty good for knit felting projects as well, though for straight knitting I like double ply. It's just a personal preference I guess.
My little drop spindle is a work horse! But man I would LOVE a wheel. I love the iPad, but I think asking for a spinning wheel for Christmas/Birthday, might have been a more practical way to go. Oh, boy... you know your a geek when a SPINNING WHEEL, seems like a practical gift! I enjoy reading and web browsing on the iPad though so I'm glad I got it!
Plans for the Holiday: Write an iPad/iPhone app, spin my 5 lbs (!) of wool, make my crocheted flowers into hair pin christmas gifts for my girl friends, find christmas like beer for my guy friends and maybe do a bit of skiing. Looks like I need multiple weeks for all of this and not just one!
