Most of my day was spent spinning some South African Fine roving from Spunky Eclectic’s shop. The colorway is called “Leaf Peep” and I am really enjoying spinning this new (to me) fiber. I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit with colors but I’m glad that I did because I needed a change from all of the purple I usually spin.

I usually don’t ‘prepare’ my fiber before I spin.. but I saw a similar photo on a blog recently (if it was you.. please let me know so I can credit you..) and a light went off in my head. A short time preparing fiber lead to a more even spun single and a lot less stopping and starting to tear up roving. Clearly I’m slow on the uptake on this one.. but I’m definitely going to be doing this more often because I love the results.

EDITED TO ADD: I’ve gotten a few emails about how I’ve “prepared” the fiber in the basket..  I split the roving in half so that it was equal parts for plying (should I decide to ply..) and then started splitting those bundles width wise until I got thin, equal strand which I rolled up and threw into the basket. What you are seeing there is about 2 oz of ‘prepared’ roving ready to be spun up. Its helping me get a lot more even results.

Kitty pictures are just because.. as if there had to be a reason for kitty photos? Clearly she’s got the right idea on how to spend a weekend!