#brarb talks

Hi! I believe I used a 3.0 mm crochet hook with this yarn (but the exact kind isn't important as long as all the yarns you use are of a similar weight).

Took me a while to get to it, but thank you for the tag @leiyahime!

Reading: The Warlock Holmes series by G.S. Denning

Last series: The Mighty Nein animated show - or if Youtube counts, Critical Role, Campaign 4 (although I've fallen behind a few episodes)

Last song: Nod-Krai main theme from Genshin Impact

Last movie: Uh... I don't watch a lot of movies, I think the last one was the animated Grinch movie at Christmas with my family

Sweet or salty: Both? If I have to choose, salty

Coffee or tea: Tea!

Working on: I'm currently trying to finish two lap blankets, one knitted, one crocheted, and I have some fiber on the spinning wheel that eventually wants to become a capelet

Writing: Not really anything at the moment outside of things for work

It's definitely possible to spin cotton! I haven't tried it before, but I had a look around and found a video that demonstrates making cotton slivers/punis for spinning from surgical cotton:

Cotton is a very short fiber, and that can make it more difficult to spin than wool, especially if you're just starting out: It needs a lot of twist to hold together, and it breaks very easily if you put too much weight/pull too hard on it before it's properly twisted. You may want to look into using a supported spindle rather than a drop spindle (both should be easy to make yourself and to find tutorials for). The channel above also has a tutorial for spinning a single with just a pencil.

The only cotton I have in the house right now (that isn't yarn or fabric) is cotton pads, so as a quick experiment I just tore one up, floofed it up a bit, and spun directly from the floof with a supported spindle. Definitely not the ideal fiber preparation, but it can make a thread:

(Here I was using the lid of my mini scale to set the spindle in - normally you would use a little bowl.)

Alternatively, if you rather want to look for wool to spin: Depending on where you live, sometimes you can find wool for felting at craft stores - any wool like that also works fine for spinning. I've also seen people spin from very thick unspun yarns (wool/acrylic) that were sold for arm knitting, but I've never seen those yarns in a store where I live. And if you happen to have sheep nearby, you can sometimes buy unprocessed wool directly from the shepherd for relatively little money (but then you would need to wash and prepare it yourself, of course).

RULES: When you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 people

Taken from my recently listened songs:

Faun - Federkleid

Lindsey Stirling - Elements

Reinhard Mey - Ein Antrag auf Erteilung eines Antragformulars

Aurelio Voltaire - Land of the dead

ABBA - Thank you for the music

Thanks for the ask! Let's see...

1. I did both line dancing and square dancing for quite a few years

2. I have one bookcase entirely reserved for yarn (plus a few extra boxes)

Thank you for the tag @lollaika!

Currently reading: Mostly work-related things, but in terms of fanfiction I'm excited to come back to Serpent Delivery by Dacelin

Last song: Curses by The Crane Wives

Last series: Good Omens, both seasons back to back - no spoilers, but I have thoughts and feelings about it (mostly good ones)

Last movie: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which was awesome

Currently working on: Does it count if I haven't touched it in weeks/months, but the unfinished chapter sitting in my docs is still haunting me every day? If so, I'm 'working on' chapter 2 of Fish out of Water and a oneshot I was planning to write for Papyly before I got too busy.