A study of plying

I tried my scorpion again on navajo plying. Was quite surprise that now i already get the hang of it, the plying went quite smooth. Last time it was lots of unwanted knots and unwanted plies. 

So i did the 2 ply swatch earlier today, and i am so surprised that my navajo looks just straight enough even before i wash it, now the navajo swatch is also look straight :)

Well, i keep on learning :)

(Above 2 ply, below navajo ply)

Twin purpleheart

Went to knit and spin for wwkip, and found that my friend is also using purpleheart bossie...

Scorpion queen, the handspun project

I just got my bosworth Purpleheart spindle. So beautiful, light and strong at the same time. I tried to use it for my Scorpio World of Wool (Merino + Flax), and the result is quite nice. It looks much smoother with less flying fibers. Nevertheless, I'll try again later on my hilltop's spindle. I think I should be able to manage the fly byes by using different drafting method.

I love my purpleheart spindle.

And this is comparison between purpleheart and hilltop spindle

Second hand spun - after bath

They look so cute!

I just feel sad that i only have around 420 yard of it. 2 plied, merino, fluffy it seems. Dont know what to do with it (yet).

Black jacob start!

Trying to play with black jacob.

So, a while ago, I bought around 1 kg of fibers. One of it is T188 Black Jacob (uncolored, unbleached) from World of wool.

This is what is called FRESH wool. It felt soft in my hands, compared to the merino from knitpicks and my first falkland sheep organic fiber. I don't feel any dryness on my hands even when I spin it continuously. I love it!

Compared to merino, i think black jacob is a bit curlier and shorter. It takes more spin to make the fibers stay and set in. But I feel like the fiber is much friendlier than merino, it doesn't break easily, even on thin yarn, so I guess the fiber is thicker than merino.

We'll see how to finish this 100 gram of jacob.

Second hand spun

Finally finished my second 100 grams of handspun. Made from Knitpicks full circle roving, 100% wool, blend of merino, fine highland, and highland wool. I chose the espresso color (now they are already in goodbye sale in knitpicks).

After i finished the singles, i plied them S wise and now i have 2 spindles of yarn.

I still need to bathe them.

Just in case

You are wondering why i am not that active...

Well... Busy.

But i got to make this in between:

1 litre of tears

My 1kg of fibers is here!!!!!

Thanks a lot lot lot lot to Lynne who had brought me all these delicacies straight from UK!

I have bought....

White corriedale

Black jacob

Grey norwegian (really smelly! It's like freshly sheared from dear sheep)

Shetland aubergine dyed

Black golden bamboo

Natural soybean

Merino - bamboo - soybean

Blue faced leicester - silk

Flax/linen bleached

Mhuuuehehehehehehhehehehehe....

So happy!

Top - bottom: bamboo, soy, flax

L-R : merino bamboo soy, jacob, blue faced leicester - silk

L-R: aubergine shetland, norwegian, corriedale

My first 100 gram - not that far yet

Ok, not that far yet, but looking good!

My first 100 grams - on my way

In progress right now is my falkland merino tops on my top whorl spindle.

Wish.me.luck