For Marie

Marie wants to see further spinning evidence. And what Marie wants, Marie gets.

Finn. Fiddly. Kind of slippery and grippy at the same time, but if I got out of my own way enough, I could kind of zen my way into spinning this pretty evenly.

Pre-colored, premixed Colonial roving. This came from the drop-spindle kit Marie gave me so long ago (well, two years ago) for Christmas that started this whole crazy thing. This was pure delight to spin.

Old Coopworth, plied with pure MacIntosh. Yep, we've used our dog's brushing leavings as one would a cashmere goat (props to John for learning how to hand card and make wicked rolags in very short order). Can't tell which one is which can you? Well, you could if you touched them. The Coopworth is a bit rough. The dog fur is very, very soft.

Corriedale with touches of colored Merino

Corriedale and a teensy bit of merino. I scored a few "dime bags" of color: one-ounce quantities of single-color merino. I did one bobbin of Corriedale, then one bobbin of Corriedale that I predrafted with locks of color, then plied them. A great way of visually referencing how much twist I was getting. The final plying created a pretty subtle effect, which John was pretty impressed with.

He's requesting a hat.

Marie, I blame you.

Posted: Saturday - September 09, 2006 at 04:47 PM | |