I missed getting a post accomplished on Sunday about my handspinning this week. Too many outdoor and house things we were trying to get taken care of, but I do have a finished skein to talk about!
This is 214 yards and just under 2 oz of a 2-ply fingering weight yarn I spun from a handcarded batt from Edgewood Fiber Garden. It’s a mix of various wools, alpaca and glitter. I actually was a little surprised at how brown this spun up. From the original batt, it looked like the white would be fairly predominant (which I wanted). Here it is in process with the singles against the second half of the batt.
I’m not mad about it – just that I will need to think more on what to make with the 3 batts I have spun up (which total about 600 yards). My original thought was they would make a really pretty gradient, but colors 1 and 2 are similar enough, I may not be able to use them that way. Color 3 is noticeably different, so maybe it will become the contrast color and I’ll use 1 and 2 in a very VERY subtle gradient in something with stripes or colorwork?
These will marinate in stash for a while until I decide. Next up, I’ve committed to doing a spin of at least 600 yards for my Mission project for the Ravelry Harry Potter challenge group. I’ve pulled five 4-oz braids I plan to use for a sweater spin. I’d like to make Andrea Mowry’s Weekender Light (Ravelry link) sweater. I don’t think I’ll get all of them spun up between now and late July but it would be a good start towards getting enough yardage to knit the sweater, and no time like the present, right?
I’ve got 2 braids of “Murk” from Two if By Hand, 2 braids of “Sirius Black” from Funky Carolina and a braid of “Dovecote” from PigeonRoof Studios – all from deep stash. (Indeed the first two dye companies are no longer in business!). I’m going to do a little fiber prep this week and then be ready to start spinning this weekend! Excited to have these out of stash and into usable yarn at long last too.
Knit One, Spin Too 