My Robert was in New York this weekend to see the Bruins game so I was left available for some crafting! I was going to sew but my sewing machine has been mean and I want to have it looked at before I start on a potholder swap I entered on flickr so I went to my friends house to knit on Saturday instead. I knitted on my second Hermione sock while she spun on her Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. I LOVE that wheel....if I didn't already have 2 ( that have been neglected) I would get one haha. So I sat with her that afternoon and became overwhelmed with the need to spin. I haven't in a while (the Harry Potter swap spin doesn't count since it was pretty much done and all I needed to do was ply it) so on Sunday I set out to clean up the wheels!
The dust on them was incredible! It was gross, so I used Pledge to clean them a little better and oiled them. When I was ready to spin I went through my stash of fiber and I couldn't believe how much I had!
Don't get me wrong, I probably have 4 or 5 times bigger yarn and fabric stashes but the fiber takes up ALOT of room so it seems alot bigger. I have decided that I need to do some stash busting. Since I signed up for the Spunky Eclectic monthly fiber club again, I need to spin some stuff before the first one comes at the end of the month. My goal is to spin as much of the first picture as I can! At LEAST 2 4oz bundles would make me happy. That way getting one in the mail wont BUILD the stash! Good logic right? Well unfortunately when I cleaned them off both wheels already had fiber on them (not part of my stash busting) so I need to finish those first.
The pretty blue BFL fiber is on my Ashford Traveller and the reddish black Corriapaca (corriedale and alpaca blend) is on my Ashford Kiwi. I have one bobbin of each completed and have started the second for both! I am hoping to have two new hanks of yarn before this weekend then start on the real stash busting! Yay! I love being motivated! =P
