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.

Bunny vs Romney

Well, this fiber is addicting. This is from New Hue Handspuns on Etsy. It is a lovely Merino/Angora blend. I started these socks from cuff down, then panic set in and I knew I wanted to not waste any of the yarn so restarted from toe up.

This is a better shot of the Merino/Bamboo hanks I picked up from New Hue Handspuns. This dyelot (Soloman's Seal) works up so pretty.

So...feeling a bit guilty about neglecting the Romney, I put some through my Duncan drum carder ...have I spoken enough on how wonderful I think this drum carder is? And came up with this humungus lovely batt....just twice through the carder...