Am I blue?
I have been happily spinning away on the dyed Corriedale lamb’s wool, which, as I mentioned last week, I obtained from the Homestead.
Here’s the drill:
I take out a big handful of locks (while sitting on the couch watching movies, naturally), and comb them up into a series of beautiful rovings.
                                         A representative sample held by Harvey.
When I fill up this red bag with combed fiber,
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I start spinning.
I filled up an entire bobbin this week, which I wound off into a ball.
I am planning on making this a 3-ply yarn, for several reasons. One, I’ve never spun a 3-ply yarn, and life is all about new experiences, right? (Sure, whatever…) Two, I have read that 3-ply yarn is actually better for use in knitting than 2-ply. Supposedly, it fills in the stitches more and is rounder in cross-section. Three, I saw a photo of a 3-ply handspun yarn in the new Spin-Off magazine that I just absolutely think is gorgeous, and I got inspired to try my hand at a 3-ply yarn.
I’m really, really enjoying spinning this fiber. It’s very soft, and each little combed roving is slightly different, which I think gives the yarn a sort of richness and also holds my interest as I’m combing. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished yarn, which I think will have enough color variation to be visually interesting while still having enough cohesion to read visually as one color.Â
Till next week…
September 29th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Absolutely beautiful!
September 30th, 2007 at 3:19 am
Beautiful! Reading your blog over the last year and seeing what you’ve done has inspired me to learn to spin. Now I know why you love to spin so much! I hope someday that I’m as accomplished at it as you are!
September 30th, 2007 at 8:37 am
So pretty! I had read that about three-ply too. Will stay tuned to see what happens . . .
September 30th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Lovely yarn. I only have one Corriedale sheep now and it’s nice stuff.
Found your blog via sheep thrills.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 am
Love the colors! I think it will make a nice three-ply or navaho-ply. What are you going to do with the yarn?
October 4th, 2007 at 11:17 am
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