This simple little skein was created with more thought to the process than to grist. The yarn has a rustic quality but, tucked within the strands, is a touch of elegance. As Susan would say, it has "moments of brilliance".
The main focus was to spin, become reacquainted with the process and, in the end, enjoy a finished product. I accomplished just that and I am so please with my simple skein. It's around 260 yds, mostly a DKish weight and it's soft, soft, soft. At this time I'm just going to admire and appreciate it for what it is...a piece of simple rustic art.
This year I like to learn to make better yarn, not necessarily perfect yarn. I'd like to see where the process takes me, and how my view of it changes, as I find my way back. A skein of yarn can be the end result or the beginning of something else. The possibilities are limitless.
The wisest words you've ever written: "A skein of yarn can be the end result or the beginning of something else." So true and so important! Happy spinning! Oh, and your yarn is lovely.
Posted by: Carole | March 23, 2011 at 04:43 AM
Looks better than simple and rustic to me. Nice plying twist!
Posted by: Laurie | March 23, 2011 at 04:43 AM
What a perfect attitude and goal! I know nothing about spinning -- it's all a mystery to me (and I aim to keep it that way!) -- but that yarn looks just lovely. Stunning color. A true work of art.
Posted by: Kym | March 23, 2011 at 05:34 AM
Like Kym, I find the process of spinning fascinating, but it's not something I'm prepared to learn how to do at this point in my knitting career. That skein looks very nice - looks as soft as you say it feels and I love the color. Glad you are pleased with it.
Posted by: Susan | March 23, 2011 at 05:48 AM
Nice twist, Margene!
Posted by: jennifer | March 23, 2011 at 06:03 AM
Lovely! That would make a most beautiful pair of mitts or cowl.
Posted by: Norma | March 23, 2011 at 06:18 AM
Wow, impressive and gorgeous!
Posted by: Suzy | March 23, 2011 at 06:22 AM
Oh SO Pretty!
Posted by: Dianne | March 23, 2011 at 06:24 AM
Beautiful, but the true excitement comes (for me) thinking of the potential in that unknitted product. I love yarn even more than the end result.
LOL, maybe I just need to become a better knitter!
Posted by: Ann in the UP | March 23, 2011 at 06:58 AM
Very poetic, that yarn is both an end and a beginning! That is amazing yarn, Margene!
Posted by: Heather | March 23, 2011 at 07:34 AM
It is a thing of beauty in itself.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | March 23, 2011 at 07:56 AM
Oh my....the color is just so beautiful!!!
Posted by: Kim | March 23, 2011 at 08:01 AM
It came out SO pretty! YAY YOU!
Posted by: Anne | March 23, 2011 at 08:46 AM
It is gorgeous! I'm getting the chance to learn to spin next week - so excited! Thanks for the inspiration :)
Posted by: honeysuckleblue | March 23, 2011 at 08:48 AM
Gorgeous! And such a nice contrast to the snow that's falling here...
Posted by: Chris | March 23, 2011 at 09:26 AM
Love the color. I've been spinning since 1973, and, while I can make "perfect" yarn, it is too tedious, and hurts my hands. I make "Laura" yarn, and it's beautiful in its rusticity. I think you're right - the process is just as fulfilling as the end result!!
Posted by: Laura Cunningham | March 23, 2011 at 09:28 AM
So pretty and what a great idea :o)
Posted by: Joy | March 23, 2011 at 09:28 AM
I love the color! You could drape it on your coffee table and just admire it!
Posted by: Lorette | March 23, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Very pretty!
Posted by: elizabeth | March 23, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Beautiful! I love the not-quite-marled-ness of it.
Posted by: Beckyinvt | March 23, 2011 at 10:29 AM
What a rich yarn! I appreciated your words as well as your talented spinning! Thanks you.
Posted by: jill | March 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM
I think it's beautiful! Wow! I am just this week rediscovering my spinning wheel and fiber and I am not to your level yet, but I am practicing! I just watched Judith MacKenzie's DVD 'The Gentle Art of Plying' and now I am reinspired to practice, take classes and really find my inner spinner! I don't think I realized at the time, but I think it was your recently blogged gifts from friends, and Carole's recent blog pictures of her spinnning weekend that got me back to my wheel. As always, I so enjoy the inspiration from all the great fiber bloggers I know! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Trista | March 23, 2011 at 02:27 PM
Well done! It's lovely.
Posted by: Cookie | March 23, 2011 at 03:43 PM
Oh, will I ever spin like you? :) The yarn is gorgeous! I'm brand new at this...and I'm struggling to say the least. I know that it's practice, practice, practice...I'm definitely a work in progress, but I am determined - thanks to you!
Posted by: Maureen | March 23, 2011 at 07:41 PM
Your last 2 sentences say it all. :-) Gorgeous skein!
Posted by: Manise | March 23, 2011 at 09:57 PM