Had the time to do some plying recently, this is a denim blue plied with a gray. Already spun, was on a bobbin clearing mission.
These were also spun already, just needed plying. There is one more little piece of this combed top left.
Have been wanting to try spinning coils for a while, finally tried it. Had trouble with overtwisting, and the coils didn't end up looking like the photo in Spin-Off but overall was glad I tried. Learned a few things, like it is possible to do textured yarns with my wheel after all ( a Kromski Mazurka), you just need to stop and manually turn the bobbin and take the textured part out of the hooks. The overtwisting wasn't as much of a problem after the yarn was washed and hung, either.
Didn't do a whole bobbin of this yarn, it was some green combed top in the stash, from the fiber of the month club from Fiber Whims. (birthday gift from my in-laws a few years ago)
This is how the extra thick/thin yarn turned out just plyed normally with the leftover blue yarn. Maybe there is enough for a little hat.
Now there are 4 empty bobbins, time to start working on some handspun to enter in the fair. Oh the possibilities...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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