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Friday, August 8, 2008

Spinning!

I have finally made a 2 ply yarn! Ok, it isn't anything that anyone else would want,but I am pretty proud that I have accomplished this feat no matter what the quality. My youngest brother made the spindle and the burnt orange corriedale fiber was a gift from twistedknitter on plurk. I apologize for not being a good photographer and having difficulty getting the color to show correctly.Then I tried my hand at the Andean Bracelet so that I could turn this into a 2 ply yarn. I don't know if I did it correctly, but it did allow me to ply from both ends of the yarn.When I went to remove the plied yarn from the spindle I wrapped it around my walker handles. It turns out that it is 37 inches for every revolution around the handles so I just counted that as 1 yard. It is nice to find another use for the walker ;) From there I put the yarn in hot water to soak and set the twist, then I hung it to dry with a soup can at the bottom to straighten it a bit since it was very curly. I think the curl means I over twisted it at some point, or possibly at all points. It was dry by this morning so I wound it into a center pull ball.Now I have cast it on my needles to make a hat for the Ravelympics! I don't know if this will turn out to be anything that will ever be worn, but it certainly has been a learning experience and I can't wait to spin again!

10 comments:

  1. What a clever use of your walker handles! You've got some lovely yarn going on there. :)

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  2. Great job! I am so looking forward to mastering the spinning one day myself!

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  3. You should be very proud of it! It's great!

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  4. That's lovely! And I think it's a great additional use for the walker!

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  5. oh yeah for spinning!!!

    and it's my favourite colour..
    good job!

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  6. Congrats! I'm still trying to get the hang of using the spindle.

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  7. Wow, Bev, I didn't know you spin! THe yarn looks great.

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  8. What a beautiful colour. I think you did fine. I'm no expert, but that's how I Andean ply too, and my yarn always turns out a bit curly unless I weight it. I bet you're going to get a beautiful hat.

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  9. Hey, Bev! Your yarn looks great! I love to spin on my wheel, but I have a hard time with a drop spindle. Your corriedale looks lovely -- very even. It doesn't look like first yarn at all!

    Nice talking to you on Plurk. I haven't been around for a couple of days so my karma is shot. :(

    Penny (Woolyworm)

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Welcome to my crafty little world!

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