Spun Out

Hiya from a.,

So I did a lot of spinning this past week.  It came about for a couple of reasons.  One is that I made a new spindle (picture will be shown shortly).  Two is that the fiber festival that the FLBs go to is only a couple months away and I wanted to get through some backlog so that I could buy a ton more fiber.  The other thing is that I wanted to try to dedicate a week to a specific craft.  I still did crochet at night during Conan, but wanted to focus my energies on one specific thing (this week's focus is going to be finishing that crocheted log cabin blanket I've been working on, and then next week is sewing central I think).  This way I could see a lot of progress, or at least some.
To the first then.  Here is the new spindle.

This is Wanda (one of the FLBs immediately knew that was for Wanda Jackson).  She is fast and can really hold a spin well.  Almost all the fiber I spun this week was on this spindle and I am pleased with the results.
Now here are the singles that got spun up this week:

From top to bottom we have a shiny pink synthetic that one of the FLBs gave me (as I am the one in crew who likes shiny and pink).  Next is a really strong red that is a Merino blend.  Then we have Colonial Top which has a really subtle tonality that I adore.  The last is one of the sheep that I dyed.  It also has a bit of tonality that is hard to see in a cute little stack like this.
Finally, I didn't just do singles this week, I also actually plyed a colour as well.

This a wool blend fiber from copperpot on Etsy.  I did a thin two ply to best show off the three different colours that were in the fiber.  I'm pleased with last week's work, let's see if I can maintain this level of productivity.