Now that the temperatures are dropping, and my Achilles tendon is healed, I’m starting to walk and spin again. Joy. I picked the Clun Forest wool from my stash, which I bought as roving, so it is ready to spin from the bag.

This wool is very different from the Merino and Shetland wools I’ve spun so far, it has more lanolin for one, the energy in the crimp is higher, and it is coarser. I find spinning it a little thicker makes us both happier. There are fluffy little balls in the roving, called noils, and if they want to incorporate into the yarn I let them, but if they float to the side, they are set free in the breeze.