The other day my friend Maggie asked me what I was spinning; so here it is Maggie.
It’s Blue Faced Leicester which is a long wool breed with very fine soft fibre. It is one of my favourite fibres to spin and knit with. This roving has been blended with silk and dyed by my friend Jeanette of Hummingbird Fibre Arts. I took the skeins of fibre and split them in 2 length wise and rolled them into ball for easy spinning. I don’t really know what I was thinking when I decided to ply these three together but It will make a cute hat.
blue faced leicester roving
Three bobbins full ready to ply.
blue faced leicester on bobbins
And this is the yarn I ended up with.
blue faced leicester 3 ply yarn
Now I will set the twist by soaking it in warm water and then hanging it to day.
Sueze, It’s so beautiful and you have me wanting to try something similar with triple plying. My 17 year old niece Jenny says it’s cool. Since you posted in this in my honor, do I get a sample? You and I should do a yarn trade of some sort.
Thanks Maggie! We will have to talk about doing an exchange maybe after the holidays.
You sure came up with a beautiful batch of yarn! I love the colours! how did the hat turn out?
No hat yet still have more of the yarn to spin