Down by the boardwalk….Down by the sea….. April 28, 2008
Today is hand spun Monday once again!!! YAY! I have something very fun to show you all today!
This is some wonderful roving that jumped into my basket at Knitch. I know, I know, I came back with tooooons of stuff you haven’t even seen yet! But this roving is GORGEOUS! it hails from Gale’s Art. It contains 4 oz. worth of blue facewool. The color way is Deep Blue Sea. It has been wonderful to work with! I spun it up one night and plied it the next!
Here is the label, just in case you don’t believe me.
I have no idea as to why it’s called “Deep Blue Sea.” Do you?
Mmmm…. ok ready to see how it spun up?
I’m still spinning a little “thick and thin” and a little overspun, but it is starting to even out quite a bit.
Soooo pretty! (can you see my little car down there in the background?)
And here we are all plied up. Again, I know it’s a bit overspun, but I am working on it!
And here she is all hanked up. After a good “Thwacking” she has evened out quite a bit!
I am not sure as to the yardage just yet, however I do have 10 WPI. So I have a good worsted weight yarn!
Love & Stitches,
C.M.S.S.
I can’t wait until I am actually able to produce yarn of my own! This is gorgeous!
That really is beautiful. Can you tell us non-spinners what “overspun” is?
I have that same Deep Blue Sea roving. SAFF! I may have to spin it after seeing how beautiful it looks as yarn. Good job.
Ooh - pretty!
And do you have a GREEN BUG?!? I’m so jealous!
VERY pretty!! Good job too. In this case I think the thick-and-thin worked for, not against you - that yarn looks really “alive”!
I wish I could spin thick and thin! It looks great!