It's OK, but not what I had in mind, The colors are muddied and although I spun the bobbins as randomly as I could, when I started to ply them, some of the greens plied together and some of the pinks plied together...Ha-rumpf!
As soon as I saw where this yarn was heading, I stopped plying. I decided that the best (and quickest) thing to do was to ply the two singles with a cream single. In my stash, I still had a large bump of Corriedale top from Woodland Woolworks (they generously gave me a large amount of "practice" fiber when I bought my wheel). I spun up about 3 ounces of the cream and let it sit overnight.
On Sunday, I tried plying the yarn again...success! I'm much happier with this yarn:
...and the close-up:
Specs:
Started 4/22/09
Finished 5/3/09
Falkland top from the Yarn Wench plus 3 ounces Corriedale cream single
Spun and plied on Lendrum DT folding wheel
Yield: 283.6 yards 3-ply; 2+ yards of two-ply; 2+ yds Navajo-ply
WPI: 16
There was a little bit left on the mostly pink bobbin, so I Navajo-plied it:
I like this, too, but it's not enough to make something.
While I was waiting for the cream Corriedale single to set, I started spinning the Lisa Sousa batts I bought at Stitches West this year. The color is called "Purr-ple" and it is gorgeous:
This is the first time I've spun from a batt and it feels a little strange. But I'm totally enjoying the experience and the color is yummy!
While spinning took up the majority of my weekend, I did get a little knitting done. Argosy continues to progress. Here's what it looks like now:
It's about 50 inches long and I've used a little more than 1.5 skeins of yarn. Can't wait for this one to be done!
1 comment:
your "recreation" looks like a pair of socks....nice!
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