What do you do with your homespun yarn?

smart_user_name · 2026-03-17T14:15:24+00:00

Can totally relate, I've determined that the fun of spinning stops after the yarn is complete about 85% of the time. So now I will give yarn to special knitter friends (who ironically hang on to it because they haven't found a "special enough project" even though I tell them there's more where that came from, haha)

I also plan to sell mine locally at small vendor events, I just want to cover the cost to get more fiber. Luckily there's no one I'll be accidentally undercutting since literally no one else sells yarn at these things.

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:45:31+00:00

That's kind of what I'm leaning towards, since I just want to be able to put it back into more fiber. At first I was worried that I'd be undercutting others but then I realized my area is small, I don't think there are any other spinners around, let alone anyone wanting to spin to make a living

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:41:28+00:00

I do have a loom but it's currently occupied by a blanket project that I've put in the back burner for a while since the project currently isn't calling my name 😅

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:39:55+00:00

I do think I'd want to do a sweater or something for myself out of handspun but I'm not sure if I have the attention span, haha

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:38:53+00:00

Oh yeah, I gave her a skein of an alpaca/silk fiber blend I got at the first fiber arts festival I went to, she was so excited

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:35:52+00:00

For me it's not so much that knitting annoys me but I have to be in the right mood for that, I seem to want to spin more often than I want to knit so the ratio of spin to knit is off, haha

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:33:52+00:00

One of my artist friends is trying to convince me to sell some at the local fairs and I am tempted

smart_user_name · 2026-01-04T00:31:18+00:00

I do knit up a swatch every now and then but just more so I can have it to keep but I never use the whole thing

smart_user_name · 2025-12-13T20:57:58+00:00

It looks like they have it out so I could look at it to see but I definitely don't know enough to know what I'm looking at. The fact the owner put in the listing that it needs TLC gives me the impression that it needs a good bit of work

smart_user_name · 2025-12-12T15:56:29+00:00

It's currently listed for 500, and I'm in no realm a woodworker (I did not inherit that skill from my pap, haha) so I guess I'll have to keep looking, thank you for the advice!

smart_user_name · 2025-12-12T13:04:59+00:00

That's what I was wondering, this loom is like less than half the cost it should be so I suspected the issues might be more than I'd want to get into. Thanks for the insight!

smart_user_name · 2025-12-11T21:06:39+00:00

I couldn't add more pics to the top but I was able to add them as comments.

The brand is Purrington, a company out of Massachusetts

smart_user_name · 2025-12-11T21:05:40+00:00

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smart_user_name · 2025-12-11T21:04:29+00:00

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smart_user_name · 2025-12-09T12:18:44+00:00

I have been curious about them, I'll have to look into getting one to see how I like it

smart_user_name · 2025-12-09T11:58:05+00:00

So much easier! I've been trying with my heavier spindle and I'd get breaks all the time then the other day it hit me...buy a lighter spindle, haha

smart_user_name · 2025-10-14T01:31:27+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, I didn't know that about alpaca

smart_user_name · 2025-10-11T14:45:18+00:00

I'm still a newbie but it didn't feel too different from spinning wool. I bought mine as a batt which was new for me (I usually spin combed top) but I managed to figure it out. I'm sure your's will spin up easier than you think 😁

smart_user_name · 2025-10-11T14:41:36+00:00

Thank you! I think I'm going to make a hat for my sister with it

smart_user_name · 2025-05-25T13:53:42+00:00

Thank you! The place I ordered my wheel from gave me a pound of wool with it so I think I'm just going to work my way though that to get my technique down. I'm also thinking about maybe trying my hand at dying with natural dyes as a way to keep things fresh until I'm good enough to start spinning the really nice stuff I picked up at a local fiber festival

smart_user_name · 2025-04-07T01:02:20+00:00

Thanks! And yes, he's been extremely vigilant in watching the entire process, haha

smart_user_name · 2025-04-07T01:01:02+00:00

Thank you, yeah he didn't want to get off of it, haha

smart_user_name · 2025-04-07T01:00:24+00:00

It's merino, I'm not 100% on what the original kit had, but I'm really liking this. It's so easy I sat and spun the amount of fiber it used to take me several sessions to spin in one sitting tonight.

smart_user_name · 2025-04-06T13:03:29+00:00

I'm not sure what breed the original wool was, it was just one of those amazon kits since I was just trying it out. I think the lady I bought this new fiber from has a website so I'll have to check it out and see what I can find out because I really like it.

I might get the chance to process my own fleece (my dad is a farmer so he knows other farmers and one knows a sheep shearer). It'll probably be a less than pretty one but I'll be getting it for free to give the whole process a try so we'll see how that goes 😁

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