Hey, does this feel familiar to anyone?
Here are some pictures of the little handspun mini-skein I made the other day to test out my new roving. Approximately 28 yards, a worsted-weight single. I swatched it on size 7 needles, stockinette and lace. It’s from the roving from Handspun by Stefania that I bought at The Fiber Event. Corriedale and silk dyed with cochineal, madder, and Osage. There was very little dye runoff from this one when I rinsed it, unlike the lac-dyed Corriedale.
The last one put me in mind of plums and blackberries; this one makes me think of ripe persimmons. Gilded ones.
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I like how it came out, so I’m spinning the rest to similar specs, if I can manage to reproduce it.
That spun up so nicely! It looks gilded.
I just realized you used that exact word to describe it.
I need more coffee.
Beautiful. And I love the stitch pattern you swatched – might I find it in a book somewhere? Or do I have to figure it out for myself?
[...] about photos aside, I’ve really liked spinning their roving in the past (previous skeins here and here) and here’s what I ended up with this [...]