Here is the fiber I spun - 8 oz. of Blue Faced Leicester, a long staple breed with considerable shine in the fiber. It was hand painted by one of my favorite dyers - Crown Mountain Farms - who unfortunately has closed down due to a move back to Germany. This colorway is called "Finding Rainbows".
I didn't try to do anything fancy with the colors. I just split the long strip in thirds lengthwise and spun it onto three bobbins. Then I plied the singles into a 3-ply
You can see in this picture that the skein had two different coloring throughout the yarn. One is primarily a forest green and dark purple. The other is yellow greens and a redder purple.
I knit these fingerless mitts from yarn pulled from the center of the yarn cake. They are the forest green/dark purple coloring for the most part. The yellow green started creeping into the mix half way up the right glove.
6 comments:
Patti - I have to admit I'm fascinated! I buy my yarn from a lys and have never considered making my own. Quilting is my main passion ( :) ) and knitting is mostly a scarf thing for me. I have to admit, though, that you have me intrigued! The colors in your yarn are beautiful and I love your mitts!
Gorgeous!
Wow! I had no idea that fluffy dyed wool wasn't already the yarn and then you turned it into utter beauty followed by the awesome finished product. I am so impressed. Great work!
Lovely job og spinning that fleece. I think the scarf will be so original--hugs, Julierose
That is so cool. Love all the colors in that yarn!
The yarn is just utterly gorgeous! I bet spinning is so fun to see how it will turn out from the "raw" material. Another dimension to the knitting hobby. I can see why spinning has you hooked. It's just a beautiful piece. I guess knowing what the resulting fiber will look like comes with time.
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