It’s all about spinning around here these days
December 6th, 2007 at 12:24 am (spinning)
First I tried to figure out what I wanted to do:
Calculating the number of wraps per inch for the singles, and what the resulting yarn would be. There’s a lot of possible variations in what you’ll get - but it’s a good place to start. I also spun up some samples then navajo plied them to get a better idea of how the fiber would behave.
Then I did a lot of spinning:
Then I did a lot of plying and ended up with some yarn:
I rate it a fairly good success! I still have a bit left on two bobbins that I need to navajo ply to finish it up. This is about 7.6 ounces of yarn plied so far (another skein isn’t pictured). I was aiming for a sturdy but squishy yarn that is round (hence the three ply). It has a lot of bounce in it too. I can’t wait to knit with it, but I have some gift knitting I need to finish first.
Abigail said,
December 6th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Ohhh, pretty!!! Is this the sheep-to-shoe kit?