Some remnants
Created out of remnants
Spring cleaning my storage boxes, I found several remnants of fibers. I planned to toss them in the garden so the birds could use them. Yet, I decided to do an exercise in spinning yarn with a good amount of twist. I noticed that in general I have low-twist-yarns. Nice and soft, yet not always that useful ;-)
A deep brown roving of an unknown brand, a violet Hampshire Down, bits of green Texelaar, bits of rainbow dyed Texelaar, some Mountainsheep pencil roving. I roughly carded all those fibers and begun spinning. All the different fibers and colors alternating during spinning. I love the effect. It is a bit a tweed like yarn.
Remnants
Spinning with a good amount of twist ain’t easy to work. Two nice bobbins full of singles, quietly plied together with a more twist then I am used to. After plying the yarn is about sport weight, with the fibers used it will be a sturdy, durable sockyarn.
2 skeins; each 28 grams and 90 meters each.
grist: 1600 ypp.
2 responses so far
annita on 01 May 2009 1
Het blijft elke keer weer een leuk avontuur om te zien hoe de verschillende kleuren zich mengen to een mooi garen.
yvonnep on 09 May 2009 2
Mooi, heel mooi dit… kleuren waarmee je naar de herfstheide gaat verlangen (en het is nog niet eens echt zomer :-)