Spinning Lessons

abbybatt — the precious abbybatt

I have a bunch of Abby Batts in my stash and I won’t spin them because then they’ll be gone. What if I want to use them for something better later? What if I totally suck spinning them? Abby herself would laugh her ass off knowing her batts had hit Most Precious Status in my stash. “Just [expletive] spin them” she’d say, and she’d hand me a beer.

So I did. And it was good.

Lesson: There are no precious batts.

abbyyarn — advice taken.

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Jillian is the author of the best-selling spinning book Yarnitecture. She is the editor of Knittyspin and Developmental Editor for PLY and PLY Books. She kinda loves this spinning thing and wants everyone who spins to love it too, so she teaches and writes a lot. She knits, weaves, and stitches and tries to do as much of it as she can with handspun yarn. She's always cooking up all kinds of exciting and creative things combining fiber arts. She likes her mysteries British, her walks woodsy, and to spend as much time as she can laughing. Spy on her on her website jillianmoreno.com

5 thoughts on “Spinning Lessons”

ana June 1, 2010 at 2:15 pm

i’m like that about making my first cut into a precious fabric. nicely spun, it’s beautiful.
Carol June 1, 2010 at 4:14 pm

And now Most Precious Yarn!
LoriAngela June 1, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Point taken. What if your knitted gift was too precious for someone to wear? This has happened to me. I will not knit a second item for such a person. Conversely, my sister unabashedly wears out the socks I knit her which makes me knit more for her.
sillylittlelady June 2, 2010 at 7:17 am

Haha, great advice! I have those yarns, that roving, those beads that are “too precious” to use. Just do something with them dang it!
Ballee June 3, 2010 at 8:00 am

Same here in The Netherlands.. my studio is filled with treasuries, just for looking at it, to beautifull to use.. stupid but true!

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