Here it is on the bobbin of my trusty babe wheel. The colors in the llama fleece(?) vary from a very deep black to a grey color and they look really neat as they are spinning up. I have noticed that the llama fiber wants A LOT of twist. It's kind of like silk in that regard.
Here is what I've done on my drop spindle. I took this with me to The Topher's speech therapy on Thursday and one of the other patients (its a big general therapy place) was fascinated with it. I wished I'd had another spindle with me and I would have let her give it a go. She said that she thought that yarn was made by machines. *grin* I told her that yes, most commercial yarns now adays are made by machine, but this is the way that yarn was made before the invention of machines. She thought it was cool. This lady was, I would guess, in her mid 60's.
A friend of mine gave me a bag of silk noil. I'll probably start spinning that when I get done with this llama. (if I don't call the llama lady and ask for more)
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