January
17th 2008
Posted under Felting
Not too sure how to categorize this one, as it’s the first thing like this I’ve done. I made some felted wool fabric today, and sewed up a quickie little heart ornament from it. And, there you go.
Archive for January 17th, 2008
January
17th 2008
Posted under Handspun
I’m just putting this all in as one project, since these all came from the same batch. I had spun up 4 bobbins of yarn throughout the past week, totaling over 18 ounces.
This morning I spun it up, starting with the 4-ply yarn. I got the following 2 skeins of 4-ply, which weighed (in total) 15 3/4 ounces and measured 266 yards:
Then I was able to get a little skein of 3-ply yarn:
When I got down to having only 2 plies left, I did something crazy (for me at least) – I held the plies together like they were one yarn, and then navaho plied them. I pretty much suck at navaho plying, and this was more stressful than usual. Nevertheless, as overspun and sloppy as it turned out to be, I actually think the result is kind of cool. And, it’s a 6-ply yarn!
After I ran out of orange, I navaho plied the final yard or two of the lavender yarn.
All in all, a fun experiment. I’m interested in trying more navaho plying in the future.
