Merino Silk Handspun
I only have a few pre-Lendrum skeins left to show you, then I'm out of handspun pictures until I get a new spinning wheel! Frankly I'm already suffering from fiber withdrawal! Although knitting work socks qualifies as "relaxing" the thick yarn is quite a work out for my hands. I never realized how much I looked forward to spinning every night to relax and unwind! Although my plying wheels are fine for plying or art yarn (and aside from the fact they're single treadle) the drive ratios are very low so you have to treadle like mad to put enough twist in fine singles. My fiber shredded so many times I eventually gave up because I was just getting tired of re-starting any time I slacked off on my treadling.
This lovely bundle is a Merino silk blend with short color changes - not my favorite thing to spin, for sure, but the colors are lovely! I chain plied it to preserve the colors which means a heftier weight yarn.
This lovely bundle is a Merino silk blend with short color changes - not my favorite thing to spin, for sure, but the colors are lovely! I chain plied it to preserve the colors which means a heftier weight yarn.
A buttery-soft skein, 313 yards of 3-ply, approx 4 ounces, so it's a comfortable DK weight. 75% Merino, 25% silk. I called it Summer Shadows and gave it a spot in my Etsy Shop. Cheers!
Posted by Gloria Patre at 1/4/2012 11:35 AM 
Categories: Yarn, Spinning, Fiber
Tags: merino silk handspun yarn
Categories: Yarn, Spinning, Fiber
Tags: merino silk handspun yarn
Temptress!! That is beautiful.
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