sometimes i outdo myself.
this thing took me forever. it's just shy of 600 yards of merino, merino/silk, mohair top, and angelina. it was brutal and exhausting, but it might beat the bed of roses yarn as my favorite yarn ever. would you like to go on a yarn adventure? please join me.
i began with the aforementioned fibers. i carded them together to produce these 6 batts. they were a LOT more dense than they appear.
so then i went ahead and split them in half and proceeded to spin them onto two bobbins. this is bobbin #1, all finished.
i thought it looked like a lot more on one bobbin than when i usually ply, so i decided to go ahead and fire up the bulky bobbin for this job. and as it turns out, i needed it like whoa.
i've only ever filled this thing up when i was working with super fluffy coiled yarns. i knew the yardage was going to blow my pants off. here it is in all its finished glory, taking over my little table on the porch.
playing hard to get:
a dime for scale:
this thing took me about 10-12 hours from carding to finished hank. i still don't know if i'm going to sell it because of the price i will be forced to charge. i was considering splitting it into two separate skeins of 300ish yards each, but i'm not sure yet. what i do know is that i'm going to swatch it because i can't live without knowing how it will look knitted up.
and now it's time to do stuff.
so then i went ahead and split them in half and proceeded to spin them onto two bobbins. this is bobbin #1, all finished.
i thought it looked like a lot more on one bobbin than when i usually ply, so i decided to go ahead and fire up the bulky bobbin for this job. and as it turns out, i needed it like whoa.
i've only ever filled this thing up when i was working with super fluffy coiled yarns. i knew the yardage was going to blow my pants off. here it is in all its finished glory, taking over my little table on the porch.
playing hard to get:
a dime for scale:
this thing took me about 10-12 hours from carding to finished hank. i still don't know if i'm going to sell it because of the price i will be forced to charge. i was considering splitting it into two separate skeins of 300ish yards each, but i'm not sure yet. what i do know is that i'm going to swatch it because i can't live without knowing how it will look knitted up.
and now it's time to do stuff.
posted by miss amber @ 6:00 PM
1 cmts:
hey you! i'm out of the bruns, but not so faraway (princeton/franklin). we should def meet up, eat yummy foods, and talk about sucky lives! i'm going to be super busy this december (i went into williams sonoma for a grater, and um came out with a second job) but definitely! i'll have a sewing machine after xmas (yay pressies) and maybe we can have a belated crafty gift xchange. we should also talk about the new jersey craft mafia taking over the world....just a thought.
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