spindle fun & recycled paperback yarn holder

Today is the day that my first 'decent' handspun yarn makes it's debut appearance on my blog! I can't say it was easy... I went through about 100g of fibre before I got the draft-spin ratio right! The yarn is still a little bumpy, but I think that it's pretty decent for a week's worth of experience!

I always save cardboard cylinders to use for various craft projects, but the thing I do most is use them to wind yarn that I plied together, or yarn that comes off a large cone that's impossible to carry around. I generally don't like winding yarn into balls because:

1. I don't think I do it properly and I end up stretching the yarn

2. I don't like the 'squished' yarn that appears when I get to the end of the ball (the middle part where I started winding)... I definately didn't want to put creases in my new handspun!