Hi there!
So, I've been inseparable from my spinning wheel since getting it a few days ago, and I've made my first handspun yarn!
![pink handspun yarn](http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n450/shes_sew_cute/handspun2.jpg)
Here's the yarn in a hank-- this is how it's shaped when it comes out of being washed. I dunked it in very hot water, then very cold water, which keeps the yarn from untwisting, and then I wrapped it in a towel and did what's called "thwacking the yarn." It's exactly what it sounds like-- you take the wrapped up yarn and hit stuff (counters, tables, doorframes) with it to fluff up the fibers. My neighbors must think I'm an absolute lunatic.
![pink handspun yarn](http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n450/shes_sew_cute/handspun1.jpg)
Two little skeins! Yay! The closer one is 50 yards, and the further one is 74 yards.
![pink handspun yarn](http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n450/shes_sew_cute/handspuncocoa.jpg)
Cocoa investigated the yarn and seemed okay with it, which is more than I can say about his relationship with the spinning wheel. Whenever I use it, he sprints by it as fast as he can, then sits on the stairs shooting me a look of horror and dismay through the railing.
These two skeins are a combined 4 oz. of wool-- I have another 4 oz. of it, and I'm spinning it much more thinly, and I'l be plying it with 4 oz. of the softest gray alpaca and wool blend. Mmmm!
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Congratulations on your first handspun! It looks very pretty!
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