craf·te·ra·ti

I finally broke out my camera the other night. I’ve been doing tons of spinning lately so this isn’t everything. First of all we have the hat I knit out of the mint chocolate chip yarn. I used some brown wool to help stretch my homespun out enough to make the hat. I have also since added a pompom.

Next up is some merino that I spun up thick and thin. I had spun/dyed some hot pink tinkled single to ply it with but it ended up being to hot of a pink. And since I was lazy and all I wanted was a thin single I bought 100g of Brown Sheep Top of the Lamb and then dyed that pink to ply it with. I think this is about 74yds of thick and thin. The brown/pink is 100% merino (which I’ve learned is a bitch to spin)

Next up is some merino that I spun up thick and thin. I had spun/dyed some hot pink tinkled single to ply it with but it ended up being to hot of a pink. And since I was lazy and all I wanted was a thin single I bought 100g of Brown Sheep Top of the Lamb and then dyed that pink to ply it with. I think this is about 74yds of thick and thin. The brown/pink is 100% merino (which I’ve learned is a bitch to spin)

Finally we have Army Girl. I painted to pieces of roving. One was green with bits of pink and the other was all greens. I believe I used NZ Romney which is much coarser than other things I’ve used. I didn’t really like the wool as a roving, but it was super easy to spin and the yarn isn’t that rough. I love how the colors turned out when I plied it. I finally achieved somewhat of a “pippiplied” (with apologies to PippiKneeSocks) effect. I am totally in love with her 2 ply yarns and the way the colors interact. It’s pippilating!

I had also painted and spun some Falklands 56 for the last fiber friday. However after I spun the singles, I didn’t like they way they would have looked plied. I think Falklands might be my new favorite fiber, since it is nearly as soft as merino but much easier to spin.