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Three Finished Skein

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My latest handspun is FINALLY dry! So let’s do a wrap up post.

On the right are my Frosted Roses skeins. The bigger one is a 2-ply made of Polwarth/Silk blend. I got 263 yards in a 100 grams for a sport weight skein. And the teeny mini is a 3-ply that worked out to 30 yards over 23 grams. I’m pretty happy with both!

The brown skein is my Shetland 3-ply and I am thrilled with this one. I got 212 yards of yarn over 117 grams. So this worked out to a heavy DK or light worsted. And it is really pretty consistent given my current skill level.

Now just to tag these kids and get them into my handspun yarn storage! Happy Spinning!!

A Rose In Two Form

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The Frosted Rose yarn is all plied. Both the on purpose skein and the extra mini I ended up with.

I did have the partial bobbin left that I spun into a chain ply (right). It turned out to be a decent sized mini skein! I did get these wound off the bobbins and into a bath this weekend. And it’s SO HUMID here that they are taking forever to dry.

I think I will move them downstairs to near my dehumidifier in my laundry room?

Happy Spinning!!

Dusting Off The Wheel

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Finally getting back to my spinning wheel after months long hiatus. My last spin was some Spotted Circus and so I am going back to some of the 4 ounce fiber I had from a club.

This is some WoolFiend fiber in a 85/15 Polwarth and Silk blend. It’s name is called Lovin’ Feeling but I am calling it Frosty Roses as it looks like lovely red roses and it’s currently colder than a witches elbow.

    I split my braid in half and I am spinning half on on bobbin and I’ll take the second half and flip the other way and spin. Then take both halves and ply for a lovely barber pole. Again, I’m not a trained spinner. I just do what my fingers and body know how to do and I take the yarn as it comes.

    I was a little rusty at first, but the muscle memory came back quickly. I just need my blanket fever to subside so I have time for all my crafts!

    Happy Spinning!!

    Fell Down In The Fiber

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    I have been spinning so much this summer that I am rapidly expanding my handspun stash while running out of fiber stash. So I fell down on the internet with my credit card and bought more fiber.

    The top two are braids from 316 Dye Studio out of Wichita KS. I picked two braids of each color. The blue/grey on the left is Rambouillet and the blue/white on the right is Polwarth. I am hoping to that with 8 ounces I can end up with more than one skeins.

    The bottom two 4 ounce packages from Three Waters Farm. The aqua on the right is a Targhee wool while the brown on the right is more Polwarth. This will most likely end up being smaller skeins for smaller projects.

    I have sent all this wool to marinate and cool there heels in my spinning stash. Happy Spinning!!