My first experience with a hand spindle!

I wanted to try spinning since years!

Last year I got me a spinning wheel

& I washed & prepared 3 kg of fluffy sheep wool

a while ago...

...first I read a lot about spinning.

Some experienced bloggers

wrote that it's best to start with a hand spindle first.

I got me one & tried it with video tutorials.

To be honest: I don't like watching videos

to learn something new...

I'm not very patient

& it's just so much easier to learn

it from someone else!

I googled & really!

I found someone who teaches spinning in Leipzig!

Sister Gudrun is such a lovely Lady

& the Kreativstube is just a wonderful place!

Creative people meet here

to felt, knit, crochet, craft or spin!

Some other Ladies wanted to learn to spin

with a hand spindle as well

& it was really nice to have company

while spinning my first "pregnant worms"! :-)

The sister's order of sister Gudrun

owns own sheep

& so their nice soft yarn turned into

my first irregular wool!

I don't mind my yarn isn't perfect,

it takes some training to spin & to get the right feeling.

At home I went on spinning

(so addictive!)

with some colourful merino wool

& that's how it looks like:

Spinning with colourful wool

is so much fun!

Another photo to show my imperfection

a little bit closer:

I'm excited to improve my skills on the hand spindle

& next week I can learn to spin

with a spinning wheel!

And here a last photo of my first handspun yarn

with Nana Sheila:

Sending love:

Dada & the Nanas!

♥♥♥