Meditative, relaxing, rewarding. All words that apply to hand spinning. It has become my favorite fiber activity over the last few years. The result being that my pile of hand spun yarns has become overly large and I can't knit or weave enough to use it all up. So an attempt will be made to sell some of the textured art yarns that I have made recently. I listed a few on my etsy shop, with more coming. It is hard to know how to price hand spun. The fiber content, and the time you have put into the yarn with dyeing, combing, or carding, and spinning all play into the final price. I recently bought a Mad Batt'r drum carder so I could make larger art batts for spinning textured yarn. My friend asked how much I would have to sell to pay for that investment. I just laughed. If some of the yarns sell they will defray the cost of the fiber that has stockpiled around the house and studio, but equipment is probably just a cost that will be paid for with money from the day job.
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Thick and Thin Spiral Ply
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