![drop spindle with my first proper hand spun yarn](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySqw-G3NMQg3lp977PBDA4zFzqN6K9sc7zVvTy39-6Q8_49h5a_so5BwtTRhsPp5ZP42J3MRrPiH34yFvqxBp2bRqLe3RlMZR17LKPBxgitAUl-EJ9UIyJtJkB44YDoyXWlUVhijF1Xg/s320/spindle_with_yarn.jpg)
The spindles and fibre from Maine Woods Yarn and Fiber arrived in the post yesterday and nearly 24 hours later I have something actually resembling yarn. Certainly more like yarn than what I was spinning last night:
![the very first yarn I spun - lumpy and fuzzy](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE-yenvATJv9Xt5TaPXF6wp62tjuzDp4TMrEgtes37CpohP-txf4RIUby-Pkh34ry3A3d_Ri8nm7csr2BjbyvVZ4Gq7GlQnMQyoV9VxQjkEEQdpbhxsljHs3E9BfIPudxLtjt7rarbT4/s320/first-yarn.jpg)
I'm surprised at how quickly you can become, well, moderately competent is probably a fair description. I'm not kidding myself into believing this is great yarn, but I will be able to ply it and knit it into something. It's going to take a little while to work through the 4oz of fibre, although I'm getting a bit quicker with practice. The one thing I can't get the hang of is drafting as I go, so I've opted to pre draft the fibre (courtesy of a very helpful video tutorial), which seems to be working very nicely.
Oh dear, a new addiction.
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