Finger Spinning on Chop Sticks

Yes!
You read that right. A couple months ago I read about that on a blog. I wish I had saved it so I could link here for you. It looked really neat!! I decided to try it out on the fiber I received this week in the ornament swap. You can see it in the 1st photo from the post below. Here is my progress today. 1/4 of the bag!!!







The label says 100% Wool. It feels like it may have some lama or alpaca in it. At least that is what my face is telling me LOL it itches a little. ;-) The spinning is coming out really nice though! Can't wait to see how much yardage I get out of it :D

Tangly Mess

This is my yarn mess....
It started out great! Then one side fell apart and the other squiggeled up on itself ugh! And so it sits. Maybe I should have had 3 spindles.... yea... 3... hmm seriously It might have made it easier to control than the balls rolling when I didn't want them too :( How am I going to untangle it!? Can it even be salvage to "do over"?

Spindle Spinning

It's not the spinning wheel I am in search of, but that ok, since I don't know what kind of spinning wheel I want. But I am spinning yarn! I bought a spindle w/ fiber and I can't believe how quick and easy I learned. I do give all the credit to my friend in the KYS group on Ravelry though. I have been listening ;) I spun up half my fiber last night. It's really pretty. Now I need to get the yarn off the spindle and spin the rest so I can ply them together and have my first "homespun" yarn. Fun!