Over the Thanksgiving Holiday I finally sat down to finish a skein that had been waiting since the summer. It's hard to have motivation when you have to reattach the treddle or put a new string on your tension.
Spun at about a DK weight, this yarn is 1 ply BFL dyed by The Fleece Artist, and 1 ply SW Merino solid lavender violet. It comes in at just about 300 yards, which seems to be my norm with wheel spun yarn lately. It's so luscious that I just had to name it "Cotton Candy Anyone?"
Finishing this skein is making me want to find a pattern to utilize all of my handspun yarn. I really do have a decent amount of 300yd+ skeins ever since I acquired the wheel.
Springy Rainbows is another, being my first chain plyed yarn as to keep the rainbow color of the BFL. I like the result, but it's a little too springy. Maybe it'll become something fun someday.
Of finally, a very special yarn. Friendship wool was spun on my spindle and has a story. I bought two ball of roving and sent one to my friend. She spun one ply, and I spun the other. We then sent half our plys back to each other and plyed them together. So we have a nice collaborative yarn :) <3 p="">
This year was 12 pairs of socks, maybe next year will be only Handspun, Seems doable, but doubtful given the size of my stash. But it may become a goal to use more of my handspun....
If anyone cares to peek, all of my handspun yarn is stashed over on Ravelry.
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Do you spin? Have you thought about it? Or even just bought a skein of handspun yarn? Any pattern ideas would always be loved <3 p="">
Have a great week!
~Lisa
~Lisa
