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I Andean plied it! (This was made from the single I spun from my first batt off my new #DrumCarder.) My first #woolen #yarn! It looks like it's 4-ply, but it's only 2-ply! It's only 32 yards. 😆
Now to wet set it. #HandSpinning #FiberArts #plying
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I'm going to do the 100 day project thingy.
These are all left from two Teeswater fleeces I processed about 18 months ago just sitting in my stash.
The single locks I picked out and scoured separately are just.....beautiful.... but I am not really into art yarns, mostly because I don't ever use art yarns.
Anyway it looks like I'm having a foray into art yarn territory
I think I will leave it undyed and natural.
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Spinning this batt up! Looks interesting!
I Andean plied it! (This was made from the single I spun from my first batt off my new #DrumCarder.) My first #woolen #yarn! It looks like it's 4-ply, but it's only 2-ply! It's only 32 yards. 😆
Now to wet set it. #HandSpinning #FiberArts #plying
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I succumbed.
I wish I had a long time ago, winding hanks into balls manually was a massive pain in the bum.
This is *much* better, and the result cake is just 😘
Side note: I don’t get why yarn is sold in hanks. Completely pointless. More compact to store perhaps?
Nah. Pointless.
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I think yarn is sold in hanks because the standard process for hand-spun yarn is to make it into a big loop (with a tool called a Niddy-Noddy, don't ask me why it is called that), so that it can be soaked in water (kind of the yarn equivalent to blocking) and having the yarn like that enables the water to soak in evenly without tangling it all up. A hank is just that big loop twisted onto itself for compactness. Likewise, hand-dyed yarn also needs to be in that big loop in order for the dye to soak in evenly.
To then convert the hank into a ball is an additional step, which they often don't bother with. Also, the fact that the yarn is in a hank attests to its being hand-spun or hand-dyed "yes, we have the real handmade stuff here, look, it's in a hank!"
I succumbed.
I wish I had a long time ago, winding hanks into balls manually was a massive pain in the bum.
This is *much* better, and the result cake is just 😘
Side note: I don’t get why yarn is sold in hanks. Completely pointless. More compact to store perhaps?
Nah. Pointless.
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