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May 21, 2007
Spinning
I finished spinning the Hello Yarn BFL in Slideshow over the weekend and on Sunday morning I plyed/plied? the two bobbins together.
I wanted to take pictures of the singles but I forgot, so here's a shot of it on the bobbin after plying.
The yarn is mostly red with short areas of color; green and grey mostly. I'm getting better at getting an evenly spun single, although it is far from perfect yet!
This time I got about 240 yds out of 4oz so definitely enough to make something.
I plyed together some of the Aqua and Brown and some of the Slideshow that I had leftover and this is what it looks like:
There's about 16 yds of this gorgeous aqua and red combo. I really love it! I need to find some rovings in those colors and ply them together. That would be really pretty.
Yesterday evening I started working on the Still River Mill Mystery Bump that I got at the Connecticut Wool and Sheep festival. It's got Merino in it (I think) so I was afraid that I would have a hard time at it. But whatever else is with the Merino compensates. The single is very hairy and not very soft. So I'm not sure what I could do with the yarn I'll get from it. Any suggestions? I'm thinking that maybe I should ply it with a solid BFL, that might soften up the yarn and tame the crazy color changes of the Mystery Bump.
I'm really enjoying spinning and am really glad I did get a wheel. Now I'm thinking of buying a wheel I can travel with easily and owning another wheel with bigger bobbins...
Knitting content in a couple of days.
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The spinning is looking great. I'm still learning on a drop spindle and should be finished with the single plying soon. Do you have any plans for your new yarn?
Posted by: Shelley | May 21, 2007
The Slideshow is lovely!
Posted by: Chris | May 21, 2007
Your spinning looks wonderful!!
Posted by: JessaLu | May 22, 2007
Looks wonderful. Spinning looks so fun! I'm hoping I get to try it sometime.
Posted by: Shannon | May 22, 2007
Very cool. I love how the colors came together with both the red and the aqua/red combo. I've never tried spinning, but it looks fun. Look forward to seeing what comes off your wheel in the future!
Posted by: Annette | May 22, 2007
The red/green yarn is very beautiful. I love all of those colors. Red - but earthy. :) Are you coming out tomorrow?
Posted by: Macoco | May 22, 2007
With scratchy, mystery yarn, I always think....
handbag!
Posted by: 5elementnknitr | May 22, 2007
Nice job, Valerie! I am so glad that you are enjoying your wheel.
Posted by: Sue | May 22, 2007
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