Binge
It seems that I am on a bit of a bender with the spinning. Since I’ve been home the last three days, I’ve spun about seven ounces of fiber. These little gems were all dyed by BeeMiceElf. First up, Pansy two-ply in merino. I’d say this ended up worsted to aran weight and is approximately 115 yards.
Next I spun the lovely sample of Falkland wool she sent in the Prism colorway. This wool seriously just spun itself! It was so easy to spin, even very thin. This would be a great fiber for a beginning spinner. I did my first serious attempt at navajo plying…to this point I had only tried it on even smaller samples than this. I ended up with about 25 yards.
Today I spun two ounces of Night Sky which is composed of 80% merino and 20% silk. It really has a lovely sheen. I have two more ounces to go and I’m thinking this will be around DK/sport 2-ply.
In BIG news, Jim’s Bauhaus fair isle is off the needles! Someone please remind me never to knit a color work sweater for him again. I can’t believe how long this thing took. He tried it on last night and it’s very tight. I’ll seriously cry a river if the thing ends up not fitting. We all know how blocking works wonders though, so I have my fingers crossed. As soon as the 765 thousand ends are woven in, I’ll give it a bath and we’ll hope for the best!
5 comments
I absolutely adore the Prism! Every time I see it, I like it more.
I love those yarns. Both of them turned out lovely. What are you going to make with them???
Have fun weaving in all those ends.
I love Pansy! I hope that I will learn to spin as well as you some day. Good luck blocking the sweater.
Beautiful colors!
I'm sure the sweater will block out nicely – good luck!
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