Friday, October 21, 2011

Friday's Fiber Play...


A good friend gave me a really wonderful
prepared roving of merino and tencil...
Here pictured are two bobbins of single plied...
sitting in a lazy kate.

Spinning two ply...





With the drivebands taken off the whirl and the bobbin,
 so the bobbin can spin free...


the plied yarn is wound onto a kniddy-knoddy.


After washing gently in warm slightly sudsy water and
then, rinsed in cool water...the yarn is left to dry on a towel.
It rests in a relaxed position of it's choice...plumping/fluffing
as the twist becomes set.

Once completely dry...it's ready to become something
special like a scarf or hat.

3 comments:

Hillbilly Tonya said...

And do you know yet what you will be making or are you just stock piling?

Michele said...

Lovely yarn! Thanks for the explanation of how you use it :-)

Yunims said...

This blog is very unique...and chic ofcourse....