Latest Spinning for March

And now to my latest spinning. Not so long ago I was asked to spin the yarn, design and knit a shawl for a friend's daughters wedding, so here we find ourselves. There is no major deadline (just as well, as this is me we are talking about here!!) and the design is at my discretion, so just my favourite sort of project.

The fibre that was chosen is first clip baby alpaca. It's a fabulous pale honey, that doesn't photograph well under artificial light and looks like toffee by flash (just look at the difference!). I sourced this locally and had it processed to pencil rovings by the fabulous people at Norweft.

I am unwinding it and fluffing it off the bump, then long draw spinning it beautifully finely if i say so myself. The bump I'm using is approximately 286gms. I'm really itching to see how much it is going to yield.

Sorry it's late.

Finally! I have finished the Fine Wool Tops in Green Grate that Freyalyn dyed for me. They really have been a pleasure to spin and so easy to use.

As with the rest of this project, the tops were spun at a ratio of 1:32 and yielded as follows:

190 gms of Green Great Fine Wool Top plyed to itself - 508m.

Looking forward to the weekend, I shall wash it all up. There will be photo's of it all bloomed and yummy - promise!

Just a little catch-up....

I just thought I would add a couple of photo's to prove that, although it's taking me far longer than it should (something I had better get used to - see other) I am still spining folks!

I have finished half of the Fine Wool Tops in Green Great and am on the final straight on the other half.

Looking foward to plying it (one of my favourite jobs!) and then all that is left is the washing and blocking - the really fun bit!