pencil roving that was rather rough. I' pretty happy with the evenness of my spinning, but with the pencil roving, I didn't have to draft.

so that may it much easier

here's my first attempt at drafting and spinning! The more usual thick-n-thin. This was the carded roving of

undetermined breed of sheep from the BoY retreat spinning class.

Very nice! That purple is really prety.

Or pretty, even.

thanks! I even tried navaho plying on the natural, which added to the thick and thin nature. I'm feeling more comfortable drafting now--

working on some turquoise dyed Corriedale roving

here's the single

and that shows my latest toy, the woolee winder--it came Saturday and I love it so far--no moving the yarn on the hooks!

ooh, very nice first yarn samples there. And you're certainly diving right into it, woolee winder and all!

yea, that is my modus operandi--when I fall for something, I go whole hog.

a woolee winder

it makes the yarn on the bobbin so even...and I hear that means you can pack more yardage onto each bobbin.