even more spinning
April 17th, 2007 at 9:06 pm (spinning)
I know. I know. The blog is called The Persistent Knitter. In my defense - I will eventually knit with this yarn. How could I not? See how pretty it is:
The roving is BFL from Chameleon Colorworks, in colorway Hyacinth. I’ve had it since last year, and it was one of the rovings/fibers that made the cut to come with me to the temporary housing vs being left in a box in storage with all the rest of our junk until May. I’m really loving spinning it - BFL is one of my favorite wools now. It’s so shiny and has good staple length and is of course, soft. I’m spinning this pretty fine - it’s probably just over 2 ounces so far on the bobbin. I’ve got 8 ounces total, and I’m going to do a two ply. So far I really like the roving - the dye job is excellent, penetrates all the way through the roving (a little darker on the outside, but that’s Ok) and the fiber is drafting nicely.
Mom said,
April 18th, 2007 at 11:55 am
I agree BFL is really nice to spin and forgiving for the new spinners. I really liked the BFL you gave me for Christmas. I spun it immediately.