My afternoon of rest turned into an afternoon of work followed by an evening of spinning. It all worked out for me though as I ended the night with this lovely skein of very colourful and magical handspun! Unfortunately I think that this is the type of yarn that looks better in the skein than it will knit up. As I was plying it there were sections that were coming together beautifully, but then towards the end there is one really long patch of green. Not terrible, but it's not very balanced in terms of colour distribution. I'll just have to be careful when choosing the right project for this skein. Although, who knows when that will happen, I'm amassing quite the collection of handspun and have little finished projects to show for it! I need to come up with a plan. Until then I'll just keep spinning pretty skeins and hoarding them, that's just as fun!
This skein is 102g and 250yds.
This skein is 102g and 250yds.
It looks gorgeous. It's amazing how different it looks from braid to skein :-) Can't wait to see what the skein becomes!
ReplyDeleteThis is almost too pretty to knit up!!! You could just loop it around your neck as a deconstructed, minimalist type of cowl... ;-)
ReplyDeletewhy can't it just sit out on the coffee table?
ReplyDeleteIt will add color to any room
If you HAVE to knit it make a little Fair Isle for you niece that way it will show and you won't notice the long strips
Christmas is comming
It's so pretty!
ReplyDeleteHow spring-like! Maybe a hat?
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh...that's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow! I would never have guessed the yarn would look like that from the braid!
ReplyDeleteSpinning art! The colors look so lovely together.
ReplyDeleteCreative color manipulation when knitting it up? I know folks do that with Noro all the time. Beautiful skein of hand spun yarn! The different ways of spinning up a braid always just fascinate me. Part of what makes hand spun so special.
ReplyDeletebeautiful colours!
ReplyDeleteIf it needs breathing room, definitely consider using it in stripes. I love Noro yarns, but I enjoy them much more when I alternate rows with a neutral colour.
ReplyDeleteObviously I need to learn how to spin. I can't bear how lovely your handspun skeins are! I need a reason to get some awesome roving...
ReplyDeleteI love that yarn! It's so hard for me to predict what it will look like knit up, but at least it's lovely yarn!
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