Plummy Fall Yarn
Here’s the finished yarn spun from the roving that I dyed in the crockpot a few weeks ago. Barber pole effect? Yeah, I got it, but I’m interested to see how it will knit up now. This yarn goes from being mainly yellow to yellow/purple to plum/purple, mostly two-ply with the last bit of purple stuff navajo-plied to itself. The colours are more muted since the roving was brown-grey to start with.
I think I’ll be doing some more dyeing this weekend — there’s a pound of Polworth that I bought just before our trip and 200g of fine merino that I picked up in Japan — all plain creamy white right now. I did also buy myself a HUGE 18 qt. turkey roaster to steam the rovings in this time…all because I think I managed to felt some of the last rovings I worked with. Hopefully the steam (vs. simmering) will prevent felting… we’ll see…
Wow! swoon that is beautiful yarn!!
Wow. That is all.
The dyeing job is beautiful!
Such pretty yarn.Just lovely !
oooooh, pretty!!
Love the colors! I think that would knit into a beautiful scarf!
You’ll be amazed at what becomes of the barberpole when you knit it. Presto! All gone.
Those are really lovely colors.
Your yarn looks beautiful. And I LIKE the barber pole effect!! Great colors.
You did a beautiful job. I still haven’t done any dying. It is so pretty!
Wow — that is so gorgeous! I keep trying to not learn how to spin … but I don’t know how long I can last with photos like these here! (And by the way, you have such gorgeous photos!) Nice job.
Once again, amazing color!
It’s gorgeous. Everything I expected and more!
Swoon is right–those are gorgeous colors! I rather like how the barber pole effect knits up–tweedy with lots of depth of color. Wow, that skein on the left is simply beautiful.
Gorgeous yarn Felicia. I am so envious of your new talent!
I can’t wait to see what projects you do with your new yarns! How much more special they will be having spun and dyed the yarns yourself!