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on the wheel and off

Posted on | April 28, 2009 | 18 Comments

In between sporadic fits of sweater knitting, I’ve been doing a bit of spinning.

First off the wheel is a 70/30 wool/angora blend from a humongous batt I bought at SAFF in 2007.  I’m kicking myself for not taking a picture of the batt – it was blanket-size – 8 ounces!  I really love this navy tweedy yarn and I ended up with a bit over 600 yards of light worsted weight.   I’m thinking either a vest (with contrasting yarn) or a cabled scarf.

Next I finished this – 3 ply of Falkland dyed by me in 2007 as well.  I think there’s around 400 yards, if I recall correctly.  I’ve been trying to spin up older items in my stash, sprinkle in some of the newer acquisitions and save the creme de la creme for occasional, treat spinning. 

Speaking of creme de la creme, this yarn is IT.  Rather, the fiber is IT.  This is 450 yards of two ply spun from luscious batts from Abby in her Pink Lemonade colorway.  That sounds goofy because I don’t really think Abby has colorways, I think she creates beautiful batts in whatever color is inspiring her at the moment so if you want ‘em, you’d better grab ‘em fast!  Not that she couldn’t recreate them, but I don’t see a lot of repeats. 

What can I say that I haven’t already said about Abby’s fiber?  It’s like buttah to spin.  The depth of color is incredible.  That yarn looks peachy in the picture, but it’s actually layers of pink and peach, with yellow and multi-colored angelina thrown in for sparkle – it’s truly lovely. 

And this is what I’m spinning now.  The colors – I love (I dyed it myself!).  The fiber is from the shepherdess in our guild – border/romney mix that’s really strong and wants to be thin.  It has a great sheen to it, but tons of neps and vegetation.  It’s almost a chore to spin – draft, draft, draft, stop the wheel entirely to pick out junk, repeat.  However, I’m almost done with it and hope to have enough to make something lacy when it’s finished.

There’s your handspun fix for the day!  ha.  Next time, a progress report on the knits!

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