It's All About the Tangelo
After a busy weekend with no time for fiber fun, I was itching to spin. Once I got everyone off to work/school - it was Tangelo Tango time!!!
When I unraveled the cool braid, I was surprised to find the roving is all one long strand. (I keep meaning to Google it so I can see how they do that!) I figured I had enough fiber to make 2 skeins, so I divided it in half, set one half aside, and divided the other half again to spin two spools of single ply.
This is after drafting. I couldn't resist taking a picture of the fluffy little rolls.
I had enough time before my afternoon in the office to get one spool of single-ply spun. My spinning is still more irregular than I would prefer. I wonder how long I'll be a thick-and-thin spinner before I can graduate to even gauge? After I ran off to work, thoughts of the remaining roving danced in my head.
I had the middle-of-the-month bills to tackle after dinner, but with the promise of spinning as my carrot, I zipped through them in record time. Then I moved my spinning wheel into the living room so I could keep half an eye on Monday Night Football and I got back to it.
By 9:45, I had another spool of single. Get ready for bed, or ply it?
Who needs sleep?
By the time I had it all plied, my yawns were big enough to dislocate my jaw, so I packed it in. I managed to find five minutes in my morning routine to wind it onto my niddy-noddy so I would have a nice skein to photograph.
Not the best light - it is cloudy today - but you can see the wonderful sherbet colors. I wish you could reach into the screen and feel it; it is so soft!
Close up so you can see how uneven I spin. I think this yarn might want to become Fetching for my mom for Christmas.
Insanknitty at Yarn Haven tonight! I'll actually be doing a little bit of shopping. I've got a gift to knit and no yarn to knit it with. With the size of my stash, you'd think I'd have the yarn to knit almost anything, but I always manage to find a pattern that requires a yarn purchase! ;)
It's lovely!
I can see how it would induce sleeplessness. ;) Wish I could feel it, and can't wait to see what you knit up with it.
Congrats, you really are a spinner!
Posted by: Lynn | October 16, 2007 at 02:36 PM
Oh, Ms. Becky! That is really beautiful and quite impressive! I'd love to come watch you spin sometime!
Did Kate mention that when she sent you that roving, she wanted you to make something for ME??? Well...she did.
Posted by: KTMay/The OTHER Karen | October 16, 2007 at 03:24 PM
That looks positively yummy!I'm going to have to break down and by a spindle!
Thanks for the comments on my little one. I have been sitting around staring at her precious face alot lately.
Posted by: Amanda | October 16, 2007 at 04:39 PM
I am awestruck, as ever, that you can make the big fuzzy braid into actual, beautiful, knit-able yarn! Damn it, Wonder Woman, is there anything you CAN'T do?
You might want to consider investing in a cage before you let Karen come over to watch you spin - I think she has designs on your yarn!
I'm just sayin'.
Posted by: Kate | October 18, 2007 at 08:24 AM