#handspunyarn — Public Fediverse posts

Planning my next project - I had 3 different yarns in mind with general ideas what to turn them into, but so far not really decided on the pattern.

When shuffling through the boxes of handspun yarn I found some 3ply dyed on a grey base yarn - 2 skeins, in total about 800 m

I picked https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/s11175-loucinda-shirt - but it's going to be a slipover, not a warm weather garment. And as my gauge is 22 instead of 26 sts, I work size S to get an L

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Three months ago I started this spinning project with four colourways of fibre, and now I have twelve skeins of three-ply yarn in a smooth gradient.

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I finished spinning the singles for the Mega Multi Gradient, hooray! Just one more skein to ply, which will only take about half an hour, and it'll be done! The whole pound of fibre took 11 weeks to spin and ply. I won't know the yardage until after it's washed, but if it matches the other stuff I made (fingers crossed that it does, because it's supposed to), it's about 1800 yards of 3-ply fingering weight yarn. Pictures soon :)

It's strange not to have the wheel in the middle of the living room after so long. I'm not planning to start a new spinning project until the #TourDeFleece starts in July. Gonna focus on some other artsy-craftsy things until then.

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More progress - one sleeve about 2/3 finished.

I'm doing the sleeves first because it's easier to make the body a tad longer or shorter. But too short sleeves look just ridiculous.

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More progress.

I'm at 3 skeins of 6 but far from half the yardage as I started with the least yardage-per-weight skeins so the weight won't pull at the bottom.

Still loving both sides.

But boy is this thing heavy. I've come a long way in my spinning since I made this yarn (probably over 10 years ago).

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I love spinning singles, but I do not love plying them into yarn. :P

(No advice, please. These are simply statements of fact.)

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Some homespun wool yarn that I finished this morning. #fiberart #knitting #crochet #HandSpunYarn #handspunhandknit #wool