Insubordiknit Art Yarn Workshop

Also known as the most fun I've had learning in a really long time! See... this is me... having fun!


As a fairly new spinner I love to watch how other people spin, and a couple of weeks ago I got the chance to watch a whole lot of people spin at the Melbourne Insubordiknit Workshop! The workshop weekend was organised by the wonderful Mandie from Ewe Give Me The Knits and her lovely friend Janet. The teacher travelled all the way from the US to share her spinning skills with us! Jacey (Insubordiknit) is a wonderful teacher, a fantastic story teller and a joy to be near!

The range of people at the worskshop was amazing, people from the other side of the country, people of all ages! This is Jacey with the youngest and oldest workshoppers, George and Frances!

I really enjoyed spending time with everyone at the workshop, there were people I already knew, like the lovely NEVYL girls; people who supply my latest addiction (beautiful fibre!), Mandy and Charly (Ixchel); as well as a whole swag of people I'm acquainted with online but had never met in person before this weekend. It was amazing to share the experience with so many people who love the same stuff I do!

And the end of the weekend, I had a handful of funky, slightly wonky and somewhat overspun yarns, as well as a whole swag of new skills to practice
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Things Spun

Here are some of the yarns I've spun since getting my wheel in July...

Merino/silk, sooooft.

BFL, there's over 200 metres of this one!

Some very tightly Navajo plied merino (all a learning experience!)

Masham still over plied but better than the previous!

This one is superwash merino and is super smooshy, it's also my first Navajo ply that I didn't overply Yay!

Whiskey in the Jar Merino, the colours in this make me feel warm inside!

These ones are fresh off the wheel and sparkle in the sunlight, the fibre was in batts so that was a new spinning experience for me.

I'm looking forward to spinning a lot more in the next year, my goal is to spin enough yarn to knit a garment for myself!

Jen

Practicing Spinning

These are the first three bobbins of yarn I have spun on my new wheel!

I love being able to see my improvements in just under a week of spinning on it!

My first bobbin is thick and thin, underspun and overspun.

The second is slightly better.

And by the third I think I'm getting a much more even yarn. Just thought I'd share, I'm a bit excited by this whole spinning business!

Jen