YO, I JUST MADE A ROLAG. 🕸🕸🕸🕸 So, the other day, I made a drop spindle from a wooden stop sign dowel thing I found at the dollar store, and I've been re-spinning this fibre. (I have this mess of leftover blue fibre from when I was making a brushed-yarn wig, and it was gonna get used as stuffing or something, it was basically useless, so I figure it would be good to practise on this before I actually buy loose fibre... but this is amazing...) and I was just taking clumps off the brushes and kind of hand-rolling it, and it's been annoying, but I saw a video of someone making a rolag with dowels and I dug around my room and found 2, and OMG. IT WORKED. And I'm so excited and definitely gonna keep going with this. The rolag organizes the fibers so much better. (I didn't realize you could make them without a blending board, which are expensive.) 🐺 To add some context. I was reading about different yarn types and found out that camel yarn is a thing, where they brush the fur off a shedding camel and use that. So I thought, of course, can you make yarn out of husky fur? Because I have a husky. And he sheds A LOT. And yes. It's a thing. A thing that I am 100% going to do. I already brushed him and started collecting the fur. I'm gonna keep brushing him all winter until I have enough. I'm gonna wash it, brush it, and spin it, and maybe dye it and make a bandana or something for him to wear and it's gonna be great. So that's what all this is about. Practise for my puppy. 🕸 But yeah, this has been wild, I had no idea it's so easy to make a drop spindle, I spent what, $1.25 on the wooden part and like $2 on the hook (pack of hooks) for the top. Less than an hour with the Dremel to make the sign rounded and smooth. Drop spindle. 🤯 #dropspindle #spindle #yarnspinning #rolag #fiberart #fibreart #diy #yarnaddict #yarn https://www.instagram.com/p/Clt8DJmP10h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
