Helygen Celli

Did it take me a lot of time to figure out my “R” … items for the “S” popped right up! 
Stash & socks! Is that all? What about: spinning, samhain, spiders, SAD (Seasonal affective disorder), soul, salads, spinage, sandelwood, sage, sheep, saturated colors, sensitivity … 

This time the S is for …. sampler skeins!
I have a lot of different fibers in my stash. A few weeks I decided it would be nice to spin bits of them all into sampler skeins. To feel the fiber, find out best ways of spinning them, to see how thin I could spin the fibers – a bit of a reference for myself. Most of it … it is fun to do, look and feel al those samplers.

I have spun 8 different fiber samples untill now.

From top to bottom: 

• Corriedale (4 gram, 7,5 meter), 
• Merino (2 gram, 13 meter), 
• Camel down (5 gram, 22 meter), 
• Kid mohair (2,5 gram, 11 meter), 
• Tussah Silk (abt. 1 gram, 13 meter), 
• Soy silk (less then 1 gram, 8 meter), 
• Tencel (abt. 1 gram, 10 meter) and 
• Ramie (3 gram, 24 meter). 

I didn’t think about how to spin it yet, I just let the fiber lead me. Besides the Camel down all fibers were bought as top/roving. The Camel fibers were collected by a friend in a local Zoo. It was a very dirty with lots of hay and other matter. I got about 12 gram of this stuff. After a thorough clean and removing all the coars tophair, a tiny bit of super soft down was left. I carded the down with my cat’s brushes. A lot of work for a little skein, worth every effort!

Tags: ABC-along, stash, yarnography