So I've been spinning up the lovely Forecast yarn from the Spunky Eclectic fibre club from years ago.....
Spinning singles as I normally do, but something was a little different...
Something was brewing.
The Navajo Ply cloud that had been growing on the horizon for a good while now finally broke!
It was a little tangley to start with so I had to leave it for an extra day for the residual twist to relax a little... but once the storm had broken, there was no going back
I am in smitten, head-over-heels, wonder-eyed love with Navajo Plying - I even give it capital letters!!
I love how the yarn feels so balanced, I don't know if that's the right technical terms, but that's certainly how it looks and feels to me. It seems round and plump and happy - and that's always good in a skein of handspun :)
It comes in at 11 wpi, so about a DK weight/8ply weight. I just love how the colours sometimes barberpole in TRIO!
I don't have awfully much to work with - around 150 metres is my guess, but I need to measure it properly - but I'm sure I can make something lovely out of it. For now I'm happy with it sitting in it's little yarn cake (yes I've wound it up already!) for me to gaze at!
Spinning singles as I normally do, but something was a little different...
Something was brewing.
The Navajo Ply cloud that had been growing on the horizon for a good while now finally broke!
It was a little tangley to start with so I had to leave it for an extra day for the residual twist to relax a little... but once the storm had broken, there was no going back
I am in smitten, head-over-heels, wonder-eyed love with Navajo Plying - I even give it capital letters!!
I love how the yarn feels so balanced, I don't know if that's the right technical terms, but that's certainly how it looks and feels to me. It seems round and plump and happy - and that's always good in a skein of handspun :)
It comes in at 11 wpi, so about a DK weight/8ply weight. I just love how the colours sometimes barberpole in TRIO!
I don't have awfully much to work with - around 150 metres is my guess, but I need to measure it properly - but I'm sure I can make something lovely out of it. For now I'm happy with it sitting in it's little yarn cake (yes I've wound it up already!) for me to gaze at!
5 comments:
I have no idea what that means, but it does indeed look awesome and balanced :D
Has it really already been YEARS since you caught the fibre arts bug?! Time flies!
150 metres isn't a lot but the skein of yarn look sooo gorgeous!! you are so clever!!!
It's beautiful!!!!
Colors are gorgeous ! Maybe a neck warmer?
Looks amazing! Navajo plying is much fun I think. I wish there were more hours in the day for knitting and spinning, my poor wheel is dusty :(
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