07 July 2008

Spin, baby, spin!

Still spinning away. I finally got up the gumption and finished the evil viscose. It wasn't much fun to spin, but the yarn turned out better than I expected! I wonder if it would have gone better on a heavier spindle. I spun the single on my Turkish spindle and Navajo plied it on my Ashford spindle. I got 78 yards of three-ply out of slightly more than an ounce of fiber.


If I ever lose my mind and spin viscose again, I think more pre-drafting, a heavier spindle, and a thicker single might help.

I'm still much in love with the Targhee top:

Just like self-striping sock yarn, the color changes keep me much more fascinated than they have any right doing. Plus, they are just stunning colors, very rich and deep. I am hoping that by Navajo plying this, it will stay kind of self-striping. The last few days have been too humid to spin...nothing to do with the physics of spinning, just the fact that the fibers stick to me when I'm sweaty and I just hate it! So I have been doing more knitting and less spinning until the humidity breaks a little. I guess I really can't complain too much about heat and humidity this year as we haven't even turned on our A/C yet and it is already July!
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/07/2008 5:54 PM

    Wel-l-l (as Bug would say), the viscose yarn looks very nice despite being the demon fiber. Your other yarn, however, is stunning...such beautiful colors.

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  2. Marianne7/07/2008 7:44 PM

    Namma has said it all for me, the viscose IS pretty but we all know the Targhee top is IT!

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  3. YarnThrower7/19/2008 9:37 PM

    I'm with you on the A/C thing.....we hadn't turned ours until....until July, and then just for a day at the beginning...though the past few days, we've left it on, because it is as hot and humid as it probably should be right now.....

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