Here’s what I’m spinning now — felted polwarth. Ugh. I must have agitated the rovings too much when I was rinsing them… Yucky. I still spins ok, but I’m just getting little lumps that I have to stop and pick out.
There’s that wonderful Ashland Bay merino that I want to spin up but I’m afraid I’ll ruin it! Must spin with a plan! What to make with that 1/2 lb of merino?
Yeah, so I’ve been doing a lot of spinning recently. It’s been difficult to get any knitting in (although I did spend all last night knitting up Soleil). Since I’m waiting for the electric bobbin spinner and my bobbins, I’ve been plying everything with the centre-pull ball technique. Here are the gratuitous spun yarn shots:
So the question is, what to make with all this handspun? I don’t wear hats and I don’t need anymore scarves. I’ve been thinking about the Glampyre’s new shrug pattern, but will I really wear a multi-coloured wool shrug? In public? Funny thing is with spinning, I feel like the yarn is the final product. I’m done!
The last of the Polwarth! I bought some Turquoise dye powder a few weeks ago but just recently got around to mixing the dye stock solutions. I don’t know if I like the turquoise so much… I still think the stuff looks like tie-dye.
Driven by an obsessive, passionate and often tumultuous relationship with colour, Felicia Lo is the owner of SweetGeorgia Yarns, an artisan yarn company that makes exquisite and luxurious hand-dyed yarns for knitting and fibres for spinning. She writes about all things knitting, spinning, dyeing, and weaving here at sweetgeorgia.
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