Black Wool

Yesterday was the Spinning Guild in at Zeilingers and I worked on this black roving with bits of colored mohair running through it. The pictures don't do it justice. It is kind of hard to capture the deep black with the other colors. I have one pound of roving so I Imagine it will become a scarf and mittens in the future. So far I have about 300 yards plied.

Black Wool

This is black top with colored mohair mixed throughout. I think it would make a wonderful pair of mittens and scarf. I can't wait to see it plied because the singles are already very pretty. This wool came from Zeilingers in Frankenmuth.

Blue Handspun

I just finished spinning this yarn this morning. It is fine wool and a little bit of bunny mixed in. It is super soft in shades of blue. I ended up with approx. 1600 yards in a worsted weight. I should have enough for a super soft and warm sweater.

Pink Cotton Candy Merino

I bought a pound of wool/bunny mix and also some white merino at Zeilingers in Frankenmuth. I decided I wanted to stretch it a little more so I would ply the singles from each together. But I thought the white merino might be a little too white plied with the vibrant pinks. So my friend Leah dyed it a soft shade of pink. It looks like cotton candy!

When plied together it gave me softer varigated shades of pink. I am very happy with the color. It spun up about 10 wpi, worsted weight. This is the softest yarn and I hope to make a sweater with it someday. Notice I say someday??? The project list is longer than what I can knit in a lifetime.

Spinning Fiber

I got this polypay from my friend Leah. She also dyed this fiber and the colors are really cool. Teal, blues, yellows. It is light and lofty with some nubs which I think will give it a cool texture for a cardigan someday. I got a little over 2.5 lbs.

Leah dyed this merino for me on saturday this soft girly shade of pink. I plan on plying it with some singles I had already spun in shades of pink.

Spinning Cotton Candy

O.K., so it isn't cotton candy but it sure looks like it. That's what one of the ladies said on Saturday at the Frankenmuth Guild. I had only been there twice last spring and didn't go all summer. Fall is here, I have a little more time on the weekends and I am ready to go again. The ladies were all very nice. I enjoyed the beautiful country drive there and so all and all it was just a perfect day for me!

Anyhow the roving is a wool/bunny mix and super soft. I plan on plying it with a white coopsworth to end up with 2 lbs and hopefully enough for a very feminine and soft sweater. I am trying to get a worsted weight but I am having a hard time with consistency.

Finished Silk/Wool Yarn

Here is a pic of the most recent yarn off my wheel. It has been sitting there for quite a while since I have been doing more knitting this summer. There was 10 oz of this wool/silk roving and I spun it quite fine. I would consider this a fingering - dk weight. I love the colors, which were dyed by Leah of Yarn or a Tale. This yarn is so soft. I would love to make socks from it but not sure of the durability. A lace scarf would also be very pretty.

Pencil Roving

This pencil roving is so pretty. It is pastel in color with bits of lavender, pink, yellow and off white and is a very very soft kid/Merino blend. I purchased it at Leah's shop If you are ever near Millington, Michigan you should stop in and see her shop. I am spinning this fiber to approx. a fingering weight. It should make a beautiful scarf.

Peach wool/mohair

This is peach and yellow wool/mohair blend that I have had in my stash for over a year. The colors are bright and springy. I only have about 1200 yards in a dk weight. I am not sure what it will become but it will be there for me this winter when I do most of my knitting. This picture was taken before I washed and dried my skeins. I washed up beautiful!

Rug Yarn

I have some burgandy/green llama roving that I am spinning into a chunky yarn and hopefully it will make a nice woven rug. I am not very good at spinning chunky, I tend to spin a finer yarn such as lace to fingering weight. The colors are perfect for my house and the llama should wear nicely. It might take some time until the project is complete but I have a good start on it with two skeins of about 150 yds each plied. The colors on my monitor are not true. They are much deeper and richer jewel tones.

Peach Handspun

I bought this peach/yellow roving a while ago at a Spinner's Flock meeting down in Chelsea. I loved the bright colors. I finally dug it out of the stash and started spinning. I believe I have about 2 lbs of this so it might take a bit to get it done. As for projects I am not sure what I would like to do with this. Whatever I do I imagine I will end up with a quite a bit of yardage.

Confetti Yarn Finished

Talk about happy to get this done! I love this yarn!! I ended up with about 2200 yards of a beautiful and soft yarn. It is about a DK weight yarn and will be a nice sweater.

Purple Yarn

This is a fine wool combed top I got when I bought my spinning wheel a couple of years ago. There was about 1/2 lb. and I ended up with almost 600 yards. I am going to use this to make a scarf to match a felted bag my mom is making for me. The purple on my monitor doesn't look as pretty and vibrant as it does in real life.

Confetti Yarn

I am taking full advantage of my fourth week of lay off from work. When I do go back to work there won't be as many posts to my blog, thats for sure. Besides knitting I am going to try and get some spinning time in this week. This is a confetti yarn I am spinning from some tops that was given to me. I am not sure but it feels like Merino. It is so soft. I can't wait to ply this and see what I come up with. It is white with bits of color and strings running through it. On the bobbin some of the little strings are sticking out making for a cool novelty yarn. I am not sure when I ply it if these strings will lay down more or not. We shall see.

Hazelnut Merino

I found out thursday that I am laid off from work another week at least, possibly two. This can be a very good thing! Lots of knitting and spinning time.

So here is what I did yesterday all day. I spun and plied 6 0z. of superwash Merino wool. I ended up with about 500 yards so it is close to a fingering weight. I think another pair of lace socks would work great with this yarn. The color is hazlenut and would go with my Dockers that I wear to work. That is if I ever get to go back to work. :) I got this in a laps form which a mill end product. I have to say though, the laps I get are such a nice quality and spin up beautifully. I got his one at Leah's shop in Millington. I just recently learned of laps and I would recommend if you haven't tried spinning it yet, you should, it is very nice!!!