I've done some counting and number punching, and found out that the Cotsweld I spun wasn't enough to knit the Cardigan-turned-Vest I was planning to knit. I had about 400 meters, but I think I needed about 550 meters. But that was all of the Cotsweld batch I bought.But from the same Ebay seller, I had bought a bag of (dirty) Romney dyed in shades of green. They felt very similar to touch (and similarly dirty!). So I decided to card and spin it -- the spun Cotsweld has shades of green in it anyway, so it may just go well together.
From the carded fluffs of the shades of green into --
This. 
Plied. Still not sure if this will go well with the pastel pink-green yarn --
... but I will see. It could end up in an awfully colorful vest, but worst case I can always frog it.
Now these skeins are washed and hang to dry. I love the wet sheep smell!
Tomorrow I will try swatching. If I still don't have enough, I'm not sure what I'm going to do though!
P.S. We were watching Star Wars this morning -- One of Mitch's favorites -- and noticed that Chewbacca is very spinnable (and hence attractive)!
1 comment:
This looks so pretty. I love finding new inspirational spinning pictures. (Got to you by ringsurfing.)
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