I did a fair amount of spinning on the retreat. I really wasn't sure what I felt like spinning. I had my fleece to hand card and spin, but I was craving more color than just brown. I brought the fleece, the shetland, the rasberry roving, my drop spindle and roving I have just for that (did I mention the blanket I'm making from my spindle spun yarn? We'll get into that insanity another time). My car looked like the Beverly Hillbillies when I drove up to Sacred Heart. Before I left on retreat, I had started spinning some shetland I found in the stash with plans of knitting a scarf with it, but it didn't end up being soft enough.
I am going to add it to my "natural colors" stash for now. I plan on making a shawl with all my natural colored yarn that I have spun. I still don't know if I am going to knit or weave it yet. Nothing has caught my eye.
Check out how this spun up. From this:
To this:
It spun up almost a chunky weight. That merino really puffed up after it was washed. I have no idea what it wants to be. I'm sure it will speak to me soon. In the meantime, it's back to that sock stash.
3 comments:
I think a shawl out of your natural colored handspun is a brilliant idea.
Oh! My! word!! That yarn you hand spun in the pinky colours is out of this world gorgeous. I seriously think it is one of the prettiest I have seen. Ever! Please do share when you decide what you will make with it.
Oh, I so want to learn how to spin my own yarn! Your handspun turned out BEAUTIFULLY. I can't wait to see what it tells you it wants to be.
Blessings...
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