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Final Yardage Count on Pigskin Party 2025 Spin

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Alright the Pigskin Party 2025 Spin is done and dusted!

I am not going to lie, but the finishing of this yarn almost broke me. These skeins were so large that they didn’t fit on my ball winder. So I was forced to hand wind them as I ran it through my yardage counter. It was less than ideal.

So my finished measurements were:

  • Skein #1 on the left – 181 grams and 307 yards of mostly DK weight 3-ply
  • Skein #2 on the right – 145 grams and 270 yards of DK ish. I ran out of singles on this one so the end is 2ply and thinner.

I am pretty happy with this yarn of almost 600 yards of finished yarn. I thought perhaps I would make a blanket out of this yarn but I would have enough yarn to make a cropped sweater? I may need to marinate on this one.

Happy Spinning!!

Spinning The Pink Bobbin

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I just passed the second full bobbin and I am starting the third on my mini fiber combo spin for the 2025 Pigskin Party KAL. I am hoping this really scores some points!

This set of minis are pinks, oranges, maroons and some rainbow-ish fiber. This fiber is more consistent and higher quality. I am hoping it makes for a more pleasurable spin.

There are lot of the same colors in this bag. I will have to be very intentional to use it without big swaths of any of the same colors and sprinkle in the rainbow. But so far, so fun!

Happy Spinning!!

Finished Bobbin #2

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I am finally finished with this infernal bobbin. I really had to force myself to want to spin this rest of this fiber.

The colors were not my favorite and the fiber type was all over the place. I couldn’t get into the spin and my consistency was crap. And done is better than perfect.

This bobbin was the “and the rest” from my fiber minis. I am really glad I spun this second and didn’t save it until last. I would have struggled worse. From this end, you can see the variety of wild colors in this. There is more black in other parts of this spin but I thought this end was beautiful.

Now I get to start the pinks! Happy Spinning!!

Setting The Order

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I am really on the struggle bus with this second bobbin for my mini fiber combo spin.

To say this fiber is all over the map is an understatement. There is toothy long wool and ultra find merino with everything in-between. I have been struggling to keep a consistent fine single and with the transition between minis

I have just a few minis left, so I have them planned out to the end. I couldn’t help making sure to break them up so that no one color is next to each other. I just can’t help myself that I need the appearance of randomness without too many colors bunching up.

I can’t wait to finish this! Happy Spinning!!

The Second Bobbin

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The second bobbin of my SSK spinning project is filling up nicely. I managed to give the grands to the grandparents for the evening and snag some spinning time and a cold beer.

I am still spinning with no plan and just grabbing whatever color feels good. All vibes, no plan. And I am still getting used to my Sparrow e-wheel. It takes a few tweaks now and again, especially after transporting to and fro. But I am learning as I go and I think it is going okay.

A few more minutes of alone time and I will have these singles done! Happy Spinning!!