Handspun the second
Ah, that looks a bit more like actual yarn! The contents of that spindle represent half of that particular roving, so at some point I might end up with enough yarn to attempt plying. I’ve yet to measure properly, but it looks like it’s coming out as a dk/aran weight overall as a single, so I’m pondering seeing if the yardage is sufficient for it to actually be turned into something - it’s not perfectly even, but it’s certainly knittable.
Of course, it would have to be a something I don’t mind being bright orange - it’s a rather more virulent shade than that picture suggests (think ‘Halloween decoration plastic pumpkin of the sort that’s all over the shops at the moment’ and you’re probably about there). Very not like me, but I deliberately picked something very not like me and had huge fun all the same! It’s Corriedale, purchased from Scottish Fibres whose service was excellent, friendly and quick.
October 16th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
That looks very good to me!
October 18th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Props for the spinning. I confess that orange isn’t quite me either. Orange has it’s place in the world; it’s just finding it
October 19th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Thank you, ladies
It really is a very bright orange, too, Elle! It has now been plied with handspun number 3, which was more of the same, and is a very small, very fluffy and very orange skein of totally usable yarn. If I can just figure out for what I might want to use a small amount of chunky orange yarn, besides acting as evidence of spinning improvement!