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Anyone here spin with a drop spindle?

I'm trying to teach myself to knit but am not having much luck.
Spinning is the art of making thread/yarn and you can use a spindle or a spinning wheel, I'm teaching myself to use a drop spindle and really like it, I was hoping someone here spun and could tell me something about making art yarn, something like this http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfu...
would be so interesting to make.

Linda wrote: "I'm trying to teach myself to knit but am not having much luck.
Spinning is the art of making thread/yarn and you can use a spindle or a spinning wheel, I'm teaching myself to use a drop spindle ..."

I actually took a spinning class and we did that yarn. But I did it on a wheel. If I remember correctly, we plied our spun yarn with a stretchy nylon making sure that you slightly stretch the nylon while plying.

Also for learning to knit, try the knittinghelp.com videos.

Thanks Sara!

I may have to look into a spinning class and I will certainly be using knittinghelp (probably tonight if this silly thing keeps tangling)

Anyone make jewelry? I found some lovely watch faces at
http://beads.artbeads.com/search?w=wa...
I can't wait to order some!

I made this over the past couple of days. It's a shoulder bag with a pocket for my Kindle, and I also made a wallet, cosmetic bag, and glasses case to match.

WOW!!!! That is gorgeous! (makes me wish I had a kindle :)..)

I just had to share this heartwarming thread from Ravelry (where we are celebrating our 2,000,000th member!) Love how many people took the time to try to help out.
http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/patter...