chickens

Of cotton yarn and chickens

I decided to go easy on myself with this next bobbin of cotton yarn. I’m using the unsupported long draw method so the single is about 3 times the diameter of my first cotton yarn with roughly half less twist. The spinning is still slow, a little faster due to the bulk of the yarn. [...]

Hits and a miss

The hits: I’m spinning Blue Faced Leicester, and wondering “Where has this stuff been all my life?” I have three 8 ounce bags; one each of white, sienna and black BFL. It’s fabulous, very similar in handle to Shetland although I tend to want to add more twist to it. I like the rich dark [...]