I ordered and received my spinning supplies this past week. I got a cheapie spindle and 8 oz. each of cotton and wool, along with a book called Spin It from Amazon. I immediately went to work spinning my first yarn (wool, dyed blue with Kool-Aid) and my second yarn (un-dyed cotton). I found the cotton infinitely easier to spin, but I was much happier with the wool's finished product. The cotton yarn fell apart easily, although I was eventually able to crochet it into a bracelet (The only unexpected breaks happened while weaving in the ends.) The finished bracelet really is a face only a mother could love, but I think beginners are allowed to be naively proud of their first projects.

My supplies:	My first yarn, a 2-ply, chunky wool
The world's smallest cotton hank:	My hideous bracelet: