Wild and Wooly
…that is, spinning “fat and hairy”… The yarn for the Jayne hat is spun up!
Usually when I spin, everything feels so precious. The need to make everything smooth, fine, even and perfect is overwhelming. So everything about spinning woolen yarns — unsupported long draw, fibres that are perpendicular — it’s the exact opposite of my nature. But spinning for this Jayne hat, I just relaxed and spun thicker singles, ignoring the slubs if they happened. It was cathartic.
The orange yarn was made by carding bits of yellow and red together and I think it worked quite nicely. Nothing is perfectly even either in colour or grist. It’s all so very rustic… I plied these using the homely centre-pull ball method and set it in hot water with some lavendar-scented Eucalan. The skeins bloomed beautifully into chunky, wooly and ta da, perfectly balanced yarns.
And of course, I did some dyeing and spinning this weekend, so the Sweet Shop is updated! There are handpainted sock yarns (including some in that blue/gold colourway) and also some handspun yarns. Take a look »
Absolutely Gorgeous!! Hmmmm…. I have been looking for some sock yarn for my sp!!
Hello… gorgeous yarn! Would you consider shipping to Australia???
Yummy stuff. You really do such a great job with your spinning and dyeing. There’s just so much I want.
I LOVE your color palette. We definitely have the same taste
How’s Trellis coming along? Mine’s a bit neglected…maybe the baby will be overdue!
You did a great job on that orange. Was it hard?
your orange yarn look great. can’t wait to see your hat. and that sock yarn is lovely. i better learn how to knit socks fast!
Your so talented, those yarns look so yummy!!
Beautiful hand dyed yarn. Someday I will make it to your shop before the sock yarn is sold out!
Grrr…all the sock yarn keeps getting sold out before I can get some!! Please, please, please make more!!
jayne’s hat yarn is luscious!
Love those yarns…yum!
lovely lovely yarns. You have such a great eye for color.
Your yarn is beautiful - I love those purples and blues!
They are so gorgeous, I’m practically drooling! I LOVE your colour combinations! I want to be like you when I grow up =)
Your yarn is so devine! Colors that are so original! Beautiful!
I can’t wait to see the finished Jayne hat!!