I have finally completed my first spinning project. I have made 3 beautiful 50g balls of natural coloured merino. When I say beautiful I mean as only a mother could love. They are quite uneven and inconsistent in their texture and tension, but not too bad for my first set.
My next dilemma is deciding what to do with them as I am unsure of their yardage. I think that I will make a beanie of sorts and have been hunting for a top down pattern. I found a good one at smallknits.com called Karlchen. (She also has some great non sock patterns for self striping yarn).
As you can see in the picture the balls are beautifully wound on my new ball winder. I have been stalking them on ebay for the last couple of months. New ones cost about $65 and the price variations on ebay have been huge. I ended up getting one for $7.50!!!! The reason I got it so cheap was that the seller said in the description it said that the feeder was badly bent. I decided it was fixable so I bid on it, won it and when I got it, bent it back into shape.
The yarn is beautiful, Donna!
And what a great price on the ball winder!
Your yarn is beautiful! I think that is very impressive for a first time. Well done. I hope you are feeling better these days. Take Care, Susan.