Showing posts with label handspun. Show all posts
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Spinning that Romney


Pleased with the way the singles are comig out. I'm planning a 3 ply for this fiber for a sweater that I have in mind. In this first picture you can see the roving balled up on the left, the wheel bobbin full of spun singles, and the 3 weavers bobbins I've used to store the singles onto. I'm putting them up in 3's like this so that I can rotate all the bobbins as I spin the final yarn. This distributes the variations throughout the entire yardage. Hopefully that helps with a more even yarn without taking away from the "homespunnyness" of the yarn.
I'm getting 30 wpi (wraps per inch) on the singles which should make a pretty nice worsted weight range 3 ply yarn. The singles are being spun in a semi-woolen manner from roving that I pulled from carded batts.
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