Spun Wool...

The wind is still blowing, but as of yet, no storm has materialized.

With this moon, though—

I’m not sure if it will.

While the sun was still bright and shinning, I went to the Cow Girl Yarn shop downtown to the spinning class.

I learned a few things about how yarn becomes yarn.

I learned that the spinning wheel

is a relatively new invention and that wool was spun by hand, on these…

Although these cost about $50 each--yowza!

which I wanted to give a try before moving on to the more modern invention.

So I started out with this…

Rovng--or animal fur, which has been washed and carded

from a wholly sheep friend and tried to be coordinated enough to handle the pulling, the twirling and the spinning—all without having it pull apart.

This is not me, but the instructor

It took me almost two hours, but I finally ended up with this…

Yarn! From a sheep 

The instructor wanted me to give the spinning wheel a try, but I think I'll stick with the hand spinner—or whatever it’s called—for awhile.

Makes me feel more like a Frontier Woman...