Early Sunday morn while getting ready for church, I was sittin' under the hairdryer at the computer desk and checkin' out spinning videos on You Tube. Really! (It's best that you don't linger on the mental image.)
While flipping around and feeling my "I want to spin" sap rise, I stumbled across LadyBean73's "Long Draw" video. She started out with a huge batt that she called "ugly". Intrigued, I followed her instructions and found more ugly batt at High Prairie Fibers. The site's description reads "made from the bits and splots of leftovers, the waste from the drum carder, odd lots and poor oprhan fibers all blended for unique spinning or felting adventures". Who can resist that description?
For a spinner who never reached any great proficiency and hasn't done any spinning in a few years, an ugly batt seems like a fun way to do some practice spinning. Who am I kidding? If it spins into something usable, it will be knitted!
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Hi! Thank you for mentioning my YouTube video. What's funny about the ugly batts is that some of them don't look that bad.. One day I'd like to get another one of those.. Something with a little more red or pink. I say go for it, and show us what you come up with!
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