Over the holidays, I had some extra time to get back to practicing with my drop spindle. I have to say it is a lot easier to keep the spindle going now. I managed to spin these little wooly delights in a little over two hours.
I am still working on keeping the yarn strand uniform in size. As you can see there are sections that are thicker and sections that are thinner. Hopefully, with more practice, my handspun yarn will look more uniform.
I also had time to finally upcycle some old jeans. I had two pairs that had some serious crotch holes. Rather than patching them up, I decided to create some denim yarn. I used this tutorial from Wool and the Gang. Essentially you cut across the pant leg of the jeans until right before the inside seam. DON’T cut all the way across the pant leg. If you do, your result won’t turn out to be a continuous strand. From my two pairs of jeans, I ended up with 4 balls of denim yarn.
I plan on crocheting a small area rug for my kitchen. Fingers crossed I have enough material.
Have you ever made your own yarn? If so…from what material?
Until Next Time
-Whit-
Cool! I love those colourful balls of handspun… And I’ll have to give that denim yarn a go too! Thanks for sharing 😀
Thanks! Awhile back I got some great rainbow roving at Stitches West. I am looking forward to knitting with it.
Can’t wait to see the rug!!
It is in a long line of projects to make hahaha
The colours of the yarn are just delightful – like little skeins of happiness. What a great idea to do a denim rug, too. I’d like to try that one day. 🙂
Thanks! It has been pretty fun to spin up the roving 😀