Do you have enough Fleece or Roving?

Do you have enough Fleece or Roving?

Can you answer this question, or is it hard to admit, or are you aware of what you have in your spinning room?

How much is enough FLEECE or ROVING anyways?

I suppose that if you had 7 big tubs filled with carded batts from 1 Alpaca fleece, 2 small buckets of dyed carded alpaca locks, 2 small buckets of dyed carded mohair locks, 1 small bucket of natural silvery mohair locks, 1 small bucket of Wenslydale Teeswater locks, 8oz of Icelandic roving, 2 bags of border Leicester/Corriedale cross (each 2.5 oz)

Wouldn't this imply that you had enough?

Probably not if you spin daily.

But then.....when you see some new fleece or roving, that's been dyed by the owner of the sheep, goat, or alpaca and it really grabs your attention.

Then you've just got to buy it right?

Think about this for a moment -

Do you have room for more fleece or roving? Is it something that you will be spinning up right away, because you have a project in mind?

Sadly, we all have a tendency to buy things in the spur of the moment, often without thought of where we'll put it, when we'll get to spin it, etc.

So...

Always look in your spinning room first before you buy anymore fleece or roving.

(sigh)

Remember, you can always get more fleece once you find room or need it for a special project, you just don't need to over do it.

Beware fleece and roving is very addictive for spinners!

Happy Spinning

Virginia

aka Spinning Ginny

My Website – http://www.spinningginny.com

Spinning & Knitting

Custom Orders are almost finished.  I still have a few more to get done, but the majority is finished.  I've had a lot of fun though spinning up yarns and knitting on these orders.

 

So far the items I've finished are......... 7 Adult hats and 5 Infant Hats using my handspun

Chocolate Brown Alpaca, Hand Dyed Alpaca and Black Alpaca Yarn.

 

2 Infinity Scarves using my Handspun, Hand Dyed Alpaca and Black Alpaca Yarn

 

3 Adult Hats using my Handspun Pink Merino, Purple Orchid Merino and Chocolate Brown Alpaca Yarn

 

I still have 2 more hats, 2 pairs of socks and 1 infinity scarf to knit.  Then its back to lots and lots of spinning up white alpaca, hand dyed suri alpaca, hand dyed mohair, wensleydale/teeswater cross (wool), natural silvery/black mohair, pink merino, purple orchid merino and white Icelandic.

I will be busy this winter!