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about?The first shipment of the Greenwood Fiberworks fiber club is here. This is 4 oz of Polwarth in “Downton”, inspired - of course - by Downton Abbey. Which I haven’t seen. *gasp*
I can’t wait to start spinning this! There’s a spin-along happening in the Greenwood Fiberworks Ravelry group and I’ve decided to join the rest of the world and spin this while watching Downton Abbey.
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New Etsy favorite: bfl firestar MELANCHOLY roving handpainted 5.5oz by lanitiumexmachina
I can’t believe this was still available! Well, it’s MINE now. Can’t wait to get my hands on such gorgeous fiber.
New Etsy favorite: bfl firestar MELANCHOLY roving handpainted 5.5oz by lanitiumexmachina
New Etsy favorite: art batt LOTR Shire - GLAM Art Batt 4.1oz by lanitiumexmachina
Here’s the entire Lord of the Rings inspired batt collection. SWOON.
When I went to set the twist on the dark brown yarn I’d spun earlier, I realized the skeins were way underplied. I ran both skeins through the wheel again, adding more twist.
The smaller one is now a pretty tight 2-ply laceweight (around 30 WPI), 60 m/10 g (that’s 66 yd to .35 ounces).
But, I didn’t know what to do with such scratchy laceweight so I decided to try cable-plying with the larger skein. I divided the skein on two bobbins and cable plied those together. The other bobbin ran out first (as is their way) so I tried Andean plying with the other half. Had some, ahem, technical difficulties with the bracelet so the other end is a little overtwisty.
The larger skein resulted in 210 m and 87 g (230 yd/3.1 oz) of DK weight (14 WPI). And I managed to find the tag for the fiber while organizing my stash: it was dark brown Ashford Corriedale and not Black Welsh after all.
Learning to ply, indeed! First wheel ply, first 2-ply, first cable ply and first Andean plying bracelet.
And now the hard part, what to knit with it?
I taught myself to Navajo ply! It wasn’t as difficult as I’d thought although my plying is not even by any standards. Still, I’m pretty happy with the results. <3
Specs
Listening to the Just One More Row podcast has made me want to take up spinning again. I finished the singles of the Black Welsh I’d started in probably 2009 (seriously!) and then - for the first time - plied them on my wheel last night.
These skeins need to take a bath first, I’ll post specs later.
