Monday, January 08, 2007

More handspun

Here we have some alpaca/llama/silk blend. It's hairy and thin. Single ply. Just 95 yards, so will be used as trims or accents.

And here we have some merino hand-dyed by Kathrows. This came out so nice. 300 yds of sportweight two ply. What with all this merino I've been spinning, I need a bit of a break. I'm thinking Mohair next.



And just in case you forgot I have two cats, here's Chester and Nellie. They like the new chair we bought apparently for them.

It's been 10 days since I bought any yarn!

9 comments:

Kathy Kathy Kathy said...

Love the blue western-looking stuff. I'm surprised that merino turned out so well. Nice job pardner. You ARE keeping that one. Congrats on the 10 days. You're kind of like the Grinch. (Bear with me here; I don't mean it like that!) If "there were none to be found, he'd make one instead." So you're making yarn since you're not buying any. Grinch : reindeer :: Seiding : yarn. A happy solution.

Kathy Kathy Kathy said...

Hi. Me, again. How do you know how many yards it is?

Sue, aka seiding said...

I have two methods: as I wind each singles onto my plying bobbin (i.e. toilet paper tube), I run it through a fishing line counter. Then, for verification, I count revolutions as I wind the plied yarn onto my swift and multiply that times the diameter of the swift. Both are only approximate.

Kathy Kathy Kathy said...

I see. Can we get a picture of any part of the process or of the equipment in a future post? Do you take requests?

Batty said...

Your kitties are heart-meltingly adorable!

Your handspun is beautiful too. I'm in awe because I'm just trying to get my "yarn" to stay in one piece while you produce actual, hoest-to-gourds knittable yarn.

Kathy Kathy Kathy said...

Is it bad form to make a lot of comments on somebody's blog? If it is, I am duty-bound as a member of the Obnoxious Ass-Along to continue. If it isn't, then I can't predict what will happen. I see you added links. Good show!

Kathy Kathy Kathy said...

Who has this kind of time, to leave all these ridiculous posts?

Anonymous said...

Thought I'd swing by and claim you here too! Good things to come, I promise!

Kathy Kathy Kathy said...

Hi, from the future. It's February 13th.