Hello! How are you today? I'm doing pretty good. Preparing for Shop Hop and the start of Nerd Wars, so My WIPs have been rather light this week. I did, however, finish some spinning!
This is 8oz of Manx Loaghtan from GnomeSpunYarn. I split it up and spun it on to three bobbins in order to do a traditonal 3-ply. Result is a very springy smooshy worsted weight yarn (10 WPI). It's exactly what I wanted to spin so I'm pretty stoked. In retrospect, the plying twist does seem pretty loose. I like it (its fine, not falling apart or anything, plenty of store bought yarns are plied this loose ), but I wonder what effect it will have on the wearbility. I'm pretty sure more twist = more durability.
I got a bit over 400 yards so I'm hoping to do a simple garter stitch hat + mittens with this ^^;;
Despite careful planning, weighing, and use of math, I still ended up with a bit of extra on one bobbin. I'll chain ply it just for some back-up yardage.
This yarn was my first entry in Malia's New to You SAL. I hope to do at least one more, it runs until the end of October.
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Lovely color...I wouldn't know where to begin with spinning my own yarn! It looks very daunting to me.
ReplyDeleteThat color is really nice and autumny. I can't wait to see what you do with it.
ReplyDeleteThat bit on the end is SO annoying, isn't it? I have some stuck on a bobbin that has prevented me from spinning for SIX MONTHS because I don't know what to do about it. I'm gonna go have a google of chain plying right now.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I hope to get into spinning one day soon.
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