A Good Yarn
Jul. 1st, 2008 11:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaFinally broke down and ordered a ball winder and a swift (along with a proper nostepinne) rather than face winding two more 440-yard skeins of lace-weight yarn by hand on a dowel. Hopefully, these will arrive early next week, before I exhaust the current ball. I feel a little embarrassed making such an extravagant purchase, but on the other hand, it's coming out of my birthday check from my mother, and I suspect that she would approve of fiber-based purchases.
In the course of hunting for the nostepinne, I ended up looking at several spindles and spinning wheels on the same website. Now, I'm not a spinner; my mother owned a wheel, and I played with it a few times, and I've toyed with a drop spindle a couple of times. The number of times I've muttered about the colors and types of yarn available for what I wanted to do, and wished I could spin and dye my own yarn to exactly match what I had in my head, can be counted on the fingers of one hand without even using the thumb. But I looked over the less expensive wheels anyway. I know better; I know I would never actually use one enough to justify the expense. But it would be awesome to have one, to have the option of spinning my own yarn if I wanted to.
In the course of hunting for the nostepinne, I ended up looking at several spindles and spinning wheels on the same website. Now, I'm not a spinner; my mother owned a wheel, and I played with it a few times, and I've toyed with a drop spindle a couple of times. The number of times I've muttered about the colors and types of yarn available for what I wanted to do, and wished I could spin and dye my own yarn to exactly match what I had in my head, can be counted on the fingers of one hand without even using the thumb. But I looked over the less expensive wheels anyway. I know better; I know I would never actually use one enough to justify the expense. But it would be awesome to have one, to have the option of spinning my own yarn if I wanted to.
