Anita writes:
<<I just have to say - knitting with my handspun wool is sooo much more
enjoyable than knitting with acrylic.>>
I won't even buy plastic yarn anymore, in any form, it's just not
pleasant to touch or work with or wear. That's one reason I'm finally
knitting myself a sweater--I can't afford a boughten sweater in natural
fibers!
Not to mention the unsustainability of how acrylic and other fake fibers
are made.
But handspun wool is also much more satisfying than factory made wool
yarn. It's loftier, cushier, it's not artificially smooth, it bounces,
it's stretchy, it's alive! I do like some commercial wool yarns, but
none of them compare to handspun even so, no matter how high the quality.
Of course, there is some handspun that's unpleasant. Overtwisting the
singles is the biggest culprit, then underplying. And choosing fibers
too coarse for the end purpose. You should see the first handspun I
made--all those faults :) But I saved a couple balls of it anyway, and
it makes great leaders on my bobbins!
Holly
watching the sheep graze on frosted fields with golden trees in the
background, this sunny morn in NW lower MI.
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