I finished spinning the blend of silk and linen -
I ended up with about 400m and 100g of a fingering weight yarn (65% Silk/35% Linen).
It goes well with the skein of silk gima that I dyed along side the fibre. I purposely spun the fibre for texture to contrast with the smooth silk ribbon. I noticed that there isn't much pink showing in the handspun yarn, I guess the other colours overpowered it. I will make some kind of a shawl with the yarns.
Now I am spinning some fibre that I bought on Friday at a local fibre festival.
It is so bright and sparkly! Since I usually dye my own fibre it is fun to be spinning something I didn't dye.
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| first bobbin |
This is a super wash Merino/nylon blend with some stellina for sparkle - perfect for socks.
Speaking of bright - I finished this pair of socks, although these are a bit garish. Regular, 64-stitch, toe-up, heel flap and gusset, knit two-at-a-time on 2.5mm long circular needle. The yarn is a commercial super wash Merino and nylon blend that I had dyed (it didn't come out how I had hoped). This was my take-along project.
Photos from around the place -
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| still working on the roof |
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| harvesting soybeans next door |
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| a sunflower from the garden |
All the best!♥︎