done!

When I say “done,” I of course mean two things – one, I’m done my semester, which means finally having more time to knit all of the things I’ve got on my List (it’s pretty long). And, two, I finished spinning up the Waterloo Wools Shetland top I bought at the Frolic earlier this month.

You may recall, when I started out, it looked like this.

Now, it looks like this.

It’s spindle-spun, and I was shooting for something like fingering weight, but after swatching with it a little bit I feel like it’s closer to a dk/worsted. I’m still pretty inconsistent – I’m trying not to think of how inconsistent, when I look at these photos all I can see are the parts I’d like to improve for next time. There are parts of the skein that are big and fluffy and almost chunky-weight, and parts that are a little overspun and fingering-weight. But I’m better, and the thick/thin is slowly evening out the more that I spin, and the better I get at estimating how I need to make my singles.

I also taught myself to chain ply, mostly using this video. I think I like it better than 2-plying, but I’m also pretty sure I’m too inexperienced with spinning to really have a solid opinion one way or the other.

Still, I had a good time spinning this, and I’m prouder than I can put into words at having made yarn, from scratch, that I really wouldn’t mind knitting with. (No, seriously. I was this close to texting pictures of it to my mom.)