Monday, March 30, 2009

Spin Your Scraps - Project


My little pile of scraps included snips of handspun, white bamboo mill ends, and little slubs and mats that seemed too short to spin.

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Since the above weighed less than an ounce, I added about 2 ounces from a grab bag of roving ends I had purchased from Hanks in the hood.


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In a way it was like making cocoons, since I was including some very short slubs of about 1/4 inch, as well as some clips of handspun yarn. I had decided not to card the fibers first, since I wanted a more textured yarn.

I used my louet s-10 to spin, plied it with a Trilobal Polyester thread and wound it onto my niddy-noddy to measure the skein.

Depending on the lighting the actual yarn is just a little brighter than the darker colors.
















3 comments:

  1. It looks lovely!
    Thanks for the sweet comment on my blog!
    Glad to see your also keeping busy!

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  2. so glad I popped in ...
    FIBER LOVER HERE..
    mona & the girls

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