
Fun, fun, fun was had today when my pal
Necia stopped by with her son Cee, her
Majacraft Suzie Pro, tons of wonderfully colored fibers, glitz and curls, and her cool
Louet Jr. drum carder.
After a "light snack" (calamari pizza - yes, pizza slathered in crispy calamari!), we got to work on making some "novelty"
batts for spinning. Here's what we came up with:
Above, our joint production
batt of mainly purples and glitz drummed and carded together - I call it, "The Little Mermaid."
Below, my first batt ever! I initially called it, "WTF!?!" but it looks more like Sushi so insert your favorite roll here _______ . I absolutely adore it! I can't wait to see how it spins. I'm saving it for my new wheel, a Kromski Mazurka which is scheduled to arrive in 2 days!
Chopsticks anyone?
Making these
batts is almost as much fun as spinning them. If you haven't tried carding fibers together into
batts, you're missing out on
a lot of creative fiber fun.