This time around, I got my spinning wheel up and running again. The results:
Some wool roving in beautiful colors. Unfortunately, the beautiful colors come off on my hands, which are now green. I'll have to wash the yarn I make out of it before using it for anything.
Spinning wheel closeup, with some yarn made from the wool above on the bobbin
The results of the first pass on the pretty blue-green-purple wool. The picture before this one has the results of these two bobbins plied together.
Three-ply white bamboo fiber
Beautiful purple bamboo fiber; two-ply
More bamboo fiber - undyed, this time. A fairly fine yarn.
I have no floor space.
I love bamboo fiber - lovely and soft and spins smoothly, and it's a lot less finicky than silk. Unfortunately, my favorite fiber supplier Mind's Eye Yarns doesn't carry it any more, so if I want more I'll have to get it from the interwebs. I might try getting some and dyeing it - I've never tried dyeing, but it can't be that hard... right? (Bamboo apparently takes a ton of dye, but you end up with these amazing vibrant saturated colors). We'll see.
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