Southern Cross Fibre's March 2012 installment was Terrestrial and Delicate. I've spun up Terrestrial first, waiting for an extra braid of Delicate to arrive with the April shipment. Each month there are two colorways, and I get one of each. That's good, because I'm sure I would love the one I would not get more, and this way, there's no problem for me.
This is Terrestrial: 110gr of Bond wool top
and this is Delicate: also 110gr Bond wool top
Anyway, as I said, I've spun up Terrestrial first into a 3-ply sock yarn. I did two strands of Terrestrial and one strand of grey Corriedale. Here are the bumps before spinning:
These turned into 360yds of sock yarn:
I think it's very manly, and a little bit boring, but I still like it. Bond fiber gave me a little trouble at first, but I soon got used to it. I could see the difference on the bobbins, because the first one I spun ran out of singles a lot earlier. I had spun more of the grey Corriedale too, so I had left overs on two bobbins, which made me clear two other bobbins with left overs, to make another 3-ply yarn.
I only got ~ 70 yds of this one, but I really like it a lot. The Pale Aqua of the third strand did a lot for it.
And here they are together:
Wishing you all a wonderful, lazy weekend!
Denny & Maggie
Denny & Maggie
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Friday, April 13, 2012
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8 comments:
Love the sleepy puppy shots. It is the sunbeam nap attack. We get that here too.
I am absolutely amazed at the finished result of your spinning. So reliably even!
I started spinning last Autumn, but have never yet had a result like that. How long have you been at this?
Bimbi x
Hope you have a great weekend too.
Lovely - but I want to see that delicate spun-up!
Those are gorgeous again, of course. I'm so envious.
Beautiful spinning, and lovely sleepy pups. I like the way that they are so interchangeable in pairs: Happy and Denny, Happy and Maggie, Denny and Maggie: every combination!!
Monika- I like your shopping philosophy- my fiber fast hasn't been too successful.
Do you ever sell the yarn you spin? They are beautiful!
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