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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!!

Finished Shetland Singles

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Life is definitely life-ing here lately and I ran away to my patio this past Saturday for a mini mom retreat. Just me, my dog, some chardonnay and my spinning. It was a glorious 4 hours.

I was still working on the Shetland fiber I won earlier this year. It’s 100% Shetland made into thin roving. It spun like a dream! I neglected to weigh how many ounces I started with but I did fit them all onto one bobbing

I am thinking I have 3 or 3.5 ounces? Based on how full the bobbin is after I was done. This was Saturday afternoon and I hit my goal. This allowed me to free up my wheel to work on finishing my other spinning project. More on that tomorrow!

Happy Spinning!!

Shetland Spinning

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I have had this ball of Shetland fiber from my Summer Spin In prize just sitting on my desk. I decided that since my wheel was empty I would throw this on here.

This fiber is very nicely prepped into skinny roving like bands. I am finding it spinning very fine and with very little vegetable matter. Just spinning on a whim and all this fiber will go straight onto one bobbin. I may wind it off into two bobbins and 2-ply or I may chain ply into a 3-ply. That is a future Rachelle problem!

For now I am just relaxing and letting the fiber do the things it wants to do. I don’t fully feel the spinning mojo back but it is nice to do something different than knit or crochet.

Happy Spinning!!