Spinning Cotton

Spinning the cotton on the drop spindle is giving me lumpy yarn. I've just started (last night), so I suspect my technique will become refined with practice. The yarn is strong though, and soft. I like the variation in color and shade that I see within the twist.

Cotton Roving

This is green cotton lint that I've cleaned of seeds and other unwanted plant debris, and then gently formed into roving - or long skinny sections ready to spin. I did not card this cotton, but that can be done, I simply worked the lint into the roving. I'm going to spin the cotton with a drop spindle. I think this will not make very much cotton yarn, but I will plant more seeds next year and so on until I have enough cotton yarn with which to make something useful.

I've been practicing knitting (with purchased wool) and crocheting (with purchased cotton yarn). I made a scarf out of blue wool, and a dish cloth out of ecru cotton. I'm working on a larger piece with ecru & cream-colored cotton, that is supposed to be a wrap or something.

Frost & Green Tomatoes

The tomato plants finally wilted in the cold weather. I picked most of the tomatoes green and brought them inside. I've been advised to put them into a bag with a banana to get them to ripen. They've been slowly ripening on their own, a few at a time. I think they look beautiful in the shiny green state.