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Choices

On 16 Mar, 2012

I don’t have enough yarn to weave the entire bag with any one of these skeins. I will be combining something with the blue skein. But which one?

I really like the brighter of the two skeins with the orange and green, and wasn’t too impressed with the other one while I was spinning it. But there is something about the pink that really makes it pop. It’s more subdued but I really like the combination. And there was a blue that I didn’t even realize was there until it was placed next to the blue skein.

In the left two skeins, the values are similar. I worry that the colors compete too much.

In the right two skeins, there is a subtlety that doesn’t show up in the photograph. I worry that it’s too subtle.

What are your thoughts?

Even Steven

By Ann

On 4 Mar, 2012

In Spin

Or as close as one can get while plying 2 bobbins.

I spun from a large bag of Polwarth Luxury BlendÂ (Polwarth blended with cashmere, baby camel, yak and baby alpaca) from Spirit Trail Fiberworks. I didn’t split the fiber into piles. I didn’t weigh the fiber nor the bobbins. I just spun until I thought I was about half way through and switched bobbins.

What you see on the left is what was left on one of the bobbins after I finished plying — about 30″.

I can’t get this close when I try to split the fiber evenly into 2 batches.Â Perhaps I should just stop trying so hard, eh?

Plying Ball

By Ann

On 3 Mar, 2012

In Spin, Technique

Here’s my bit of fluff, ready to ply.

I’ve wound off both ends from the Kuchulu onto a small ball before plying from it. As you can see, the ball is too big. I will have to find something smaller.

Just for scale, here is my plying ball sitting next to a regular sized tennis ball that I use in the dryer to fluff things up with. (Excuse the fuzz that is stuck to tennis ball.)

What is that thing? It’s a little catnip infused “tennis” ball I picked up at the pet store. I was desperate while traveling at one point and went into a grocery store and picked these up. They were so cheap that my catnip addicted cats weren’t even interested in them. It’s a good thing since I don’t want them to play with my fiber tools.

I think I will have to use some of the same fluff and make a small felted ball for this.

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Choices

Even Steven

Plying Ball