Learning to Spin

Yesterday as I was working on spinning some of the angora wool I harvested, my daughter informed me that she wanted to try it. I had a big pile of sheep wool that I was using to mix with the angora so I pulled a hunk off the pile and started showing her how to card it. I use a couple of dog slicker brushes to card as I have not been able to afford proper cards yet but they are the perfect size for a 3 year old! When she had it combed to her satisfaction I showed her how to make a rolag and then how to pre-draft it into a roving. She was so proud of her project that she carried it around all day. Needless to say it is no longer a nice piece of roving but a smooshed up ball of quite matted wool . . . and now she is determined to knit her piece into something!