My First Skeins

This is my first "real" skein of yarn.  By "real" I mean I think it actually turned out well.  It is something that I'm proud of.  I have three or so other skeins from earlier spinning attempts, but they are rough, bulky, puffy, and a bit funny-looking.   But this skein--this is a nice, soft, balanced two-ply made of a blend of merino wool and silk.  Yes, folks, I spun with silk in my first week as a spinner!  It's a pretty rosy-pink-red that has yet to be named.  I wish my webcam (or my regular camera, for that matter) was even a little bit good at capturing color; these pictures aren't so accurate.

One of them is a two-ply of bright lime green and dark brown; it is destined to belong to my sister in some knitted form, as it is a colorway appropriately named "Elphaba," after the wicked witch of the west in the musical Wicked, which she loves.  What should I make her?

Tired of reading about spinning yet?


P.S.  This is a double-post--I copied and pasted the same thing over to my wordpress blog.  There will be a few crafty sorts of things I want to share over here and not just put on my knitting blog, and this is one of them.  Sorry for the repeat!