A life of its own

Lately, my obsession is with spindle spinning. Back  in November, I got back into spinning because I wanted to be able to spin colors I didn't have on hand and got a couple of spindles & since then, it took on a life of its own! I still haven't made anything with the stuff I've spun, but I'm getting there! I do plan to weave with some, and almost tossed some singles onto a loom when I realized I still needed to wash and set the yarn first... or maybe I don't, not sure? I'll find out!

The fractal project has taken on a life of its own as well: I spun and plied the first 4 ounces and bought more to even out the 2 plies. I decided to work on the 2nd braid in the same fashion.... it's all spun up and since then, I've contacted the person who makes these beautiful braids (Friends in Fiber) for another braid and have been working on it. I don't know how long I'll be going this route.

It's interesting: when I finished the second braid, which is now waiting to be plied, I had to work out the color order since the longer color runs ended at a different spot from the first.

Anyway, pictures:

The second ply ball with new fiber being spun:

First braid plied & rolled into a ball:

The first ply ball in a skein!

Before skeining

I've also played a bit with 2 support spindles: one is a Ghstworks Russian (he's on Etsy & makes beautiful spindles.) I also have a tahkli, and i've spun cotton on both. I'm finding the Russian spindle to be slow going, but it's an interesting process. Whenever I pick up one of my turkish spindles, it's like coming home. I figure I'm still in the learning curve process with support spindling.

Last night I wound the yarn off and made ply balls... they're on a stick now, since I don't have a nostepinne.. I