Friday, February 19, 2010

Handspun Friday - Copenhagen

CJ Kopec Creations-Copenhagen Merino 8oz

When I saw this wonderful colorway on Ravelry, I asked CJ Kopec Creations if she had any of it left. I did not know it was a repeatable colorway, but hurray, it is! I also didn't understand right away, that these are batts, but really wonderful prepared. I still had some difficulties spinning it, but I could deal with it. At first I thought I'd like to spin back and forth across all the colors of the batt, but that proofed too difficult for me. So I decided to divide the colors in teal/gray for one single, and black, burned orange and yellow for the second single. There was a lot more fiber for the second single, so I found some teal colored fiber in my stash for the second skein. I still had some leftover singles from the black, which I navajo plied. All 8oz of this wonderful fiber is spun up!
Copenhagen -1.skein-merino-~ 523yds-2-ply-152g or 5.25oz-15 -17WPI-4

Copenhagen

fiber: CJ Kopec Creations, 100% merino, colorway: Copenhagen

yarn: 2-ply, 2 skeins; 1. skein = 523yds, 2. skein = 308yds, both are around 15-17 WPI; had some leftover singles which I navajo plied.

Copenhagen, all 8oz of it-total of 832yds without left over-2


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20 comments:

  1. 2pawFebruary 19, 2010 5:37 a.m.

    Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen. Gorgeous colours and you are so clever. I am in awe of spinners!!

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  2. AnnFebruary 19, 2010 7:10 a.m.

    Whau!
    How beautiful!
    I don't know anything about spinning, but what a stunning effect your spinning has given the yarn!

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  3. SockPixieFebruary 19, 2010 7:14 a.m.

    This is really beautiful. Handspun yarn never ceases to insipire me!

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  4. knottygnomeFebruary 19, 2010 9:44 a.m.

    pretty! i just love batts. i should get back to spinning again.

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  5. Virginia GFebruary 19, 2010 10:21 a.m.

    Those are gorgeous! Wonderful colors.

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  6. MichelleFebruary 19, 2010 10:21 a.m.

    Nice! I don't do a lot of spinning from batts either so I definitely have some issues with them as well. I like how the colors came out and didn't blur into each other.

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  7. FriedaFebruary 19, 2010 11:00 a.m.

    It's all Greek to me , but man , oh man is that gorgeous ! Nicely done ...

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  8. GuzzisueFebruary 19, 2010 1:35 p.m.

    ooo pretty :-)

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  9. Queen of the Tea CosiesFebruary 19, 2010 5:46 p.m.

    Yum yum yum yum

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  10. SusanFebruary 19, 2010 5:59 p.m.

    Pretty, pretty, pretty! A well-prepared batt makes a big difference, doesn't it? You did a great job with it!

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  11. WanderingcatstudioFebruary 19, 2010 7:03 p.m.

    It always fascinates me how different the fleece looks once it's spun up.

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  12. Gloria PatreFebruary 19, 2010 7:30 p.m.

    Such a beautiful effect! Well done! I suppose you've already thought about a project for this one???

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  13. Mr Puffy's Knitting Blog:February 20, 2010 12:14 p.m.

    Beautiful spinning, Monika! You also have a lot of yardage (more than usual I think?). I can't wait to see this all spun up into something magical!!!!

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  14. susannasplaceFebruary 20, 2010 3:14 p.m.

    Irgendwann werde ich mir wohl auch ein Spinnrad zulegen müssen. Du machst einem ja richtig Lust darauf.

    LG Susi

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  15. SharonFebruary 20, 2010 11:02 p.m.

    Did you get all that yarn from a 4 oz batt?! OMG! I'm so impressed, not to mention jealous.

    You did great! The yarn is lovely.

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  16. GuzzisueFebruary 21, 2010 3:11 a.m.

    I'm trying to knit 198 yards of heaven, a ravelry pattern :-) will let you know how it turns out.

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  17. illusionsFebruary 21, 2010 11:03 a.m.

    What a glorious palette there, the yarn looks simply gorgeous.

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  18. RCFebruary 21, 2010 6:58 p.m.

    Beautiful! really, I just love your spinning and plying. I have to sit at my wheel and spin soon...

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  19. patFebruary 22, 2010 8:44 a.m.

    What a gorgeous colorway! This is some seriously pretty yarn!

    I'm Danish, so I also like the name :-)

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  20. T-MomFebruary 22, 2010 4:13 p.m.

    Can't wait to see what you make out of this!

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