Spinning

Look at me. I have reached new heights in fiber awareness.

I found clumps of wool, and I started carding them (sort of) with my fingers, and twisting them to see what the hell all the fuss was about.
One of the people whose house we were staying in noticed, and started saying something like "oh, it's been a long time since I spun, I hope we haven't thrown away the spindle."

After about 20 minutes, a drop spindle was borrowed from a neighbor (after all, we were in a village. you could borrow a cow if you wanted.) and I was immediately shown how to spin.

Haha. I am great. (not really, I'm just happy.)

My first ever thread-yarn-hybrid is sitting in my backpack, safe in its own padded pocket. :)