Handspun Friday - Terrestrial

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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