05.24.06

I Have A Celebrity Spinning Teacher!

Posted in Knitting, NYC, Spinning, Yarn at 7:24 pm by delipics

I went to the Massive Knit NYC blog to check-out how it went yesterday, and who do I see, prominently displayed in an eye-catching yellow sweater? It’s the talented Caroline, my spinning teacher from The Yarn Tree! She is also quoted in today’s free NYC Metro newspaper.

In class today she walks in and I exclaim, “You’re a celebrity!”

I wish the photo showed clearly what she spun for the event - yarn with chunks with grass. Is she an amazing textile artist or what? Plus, she is a great teacher - very patient with us as we try to figure-out spinning.

Tonight I learned how to use the niddy-noddy to wrap up my very first skein of hand-spun yarn and how to set the twist with steam heat. I was able to see on a classmate’s skein how the fibers “dance” as the twist is set by the heat. I was incredibly happy when the yarn was set and twisted in an offical-looking skein. I know it sounds corny but I was bursting with pride. I could not believe I had actually done it. It looked like “real yarn” instead of this bumpy thing on my drop spindle.

Yes, I know - photos coming soon - *promise*.

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