June 6, 2007 at 2:46 pm · Filed under spinning
Sparkly purple
Originally uploaded by there’s a b
This delightful yarn is blue-faced Leicester, merino, tussah silk, and angelina glitz I bought from SheepyEyed on Etsy. It’s 71yd, and maybe a bit finer than sport weight.
This is what I spun up over Memorial Day weekend (used a drop spindle).
I also joined the Sunday Spin-along because it’ll get me to try different techniques with my wheel, which I have not been using a whole lot until this past week. Last night I discovered that I need more bobbins. I wonder what I’ll learn tonight?
June 5, 2007 at 9:48 am · Filed under spinning
Oatmeal wool
Originally uploaded by there’s a b
I’ve been spinning.
Over Memorial Day weekend I spun all the purple sparkly wool I got from an Etsy seller, and last weekend and went through all my handspun yarn and measured it (roughly) and re-balled it. Unfortunately I forgot to bring the measurements to work with me today, but I have:
1. A gray wool single.
2. The sparkly purple wool (2-ply)
3. Purple merino/tencel blend (2-ply)
4. Purple wool 2-ply
5. Purple experiment (3-ply)
6. Red merino thick’n'thin 2-ply
7. Purple/blue/green merino/tencel blend 2ply
8. Gray alpaca 2-ply
9. Camel/silk blend 2ply
10. Brown icelandic sheep (3 balls of chunky singles)
I guess I have been pretty busy this past year. More pictures forthcoming, I promise. Even of the skeins I am not so proud of.
