79m, 14.5g, and the takhli I spun it on. Very uneven! But one of my TDF goals is to make progress with cotton and flax, and this spin has taken some of the fear away. Now to wash it, and allow myself some wool for the afternoon.
The heat wave in New England is tapering off enough to let me finish the first day of TDF in my jungle garden. I plied a bunch of bobbins free this morning during stage 1, and now return to a long neglected merino.
I am getting close to filling my second ever cotton spindle. When I ply spindle-spun wool, I am lazy and do it straight from the spindles. I get the feeling that is not a great idea here, and I would love to hear how you cotton spinners out there handle things and why (all the way through finishing the yarn!)
He really lies right here between my feet as I spin, silly guy.
My very first cotton spin. A goal I have for the summer. I don’t have much supported spindle experience at all, so there is lots of newness. And many slubs! But wow, when I hit the double drafting right and it smooths like butter, the feeling is incredible. Also spinning in the sunshine is pretty great.