myhouseonneptune

Highly tempting, but I already worked entirely too hard on it to not turn it into something I can brag about excessively and at length 🤣

How dare you. Take my disgruntled upvote!

I love her videos!! I was dying all the way through that one, though- she really decided to start on hard mode! I think she addressed this, but most spinners start with a drop spindle, which gives you so much more direct control than a wheel. For another thing, most of us spin wool top which comes with all the fibers nice and aligned in a uniform direction. Wool fibers also tend to be longer and more coarse, which helps them stick together with less twist and makes it much more forgiving when you're finding the balance between too much and not enough twist. Flax has no chill 🤣

Thank you!! I'm so obsessed with the way the colors laid out across the side of the cake!! Not sure I'll ever find the will to actually commit it to a pattern lol

I haven't, what is that? Google's only showing me a Motown group lol

I keep hoping to find a handspinning community, but no luck yet 😔

Pulchritudinous! It means pretty, but it sounds like an insult :-D

Not nearly as well known as the other suggestions, but I really enjoyed Jubilant by Galadriel Coffeen and Anneliese Knop! If you like pirates and magic with lovely, deep worldbuilding, I'd highly recommend!

What really helps me is having the Kindle app on my phone! So, now, whenever I'm in a waiting room or in line for something, I can read my book instead of playing a game or scrolling social media, and I'm never at risk of forgetting my book somewhere :-)