My first “real” yarn. As in, an entire ball of fibre spun consistently from beginning to end, plied and finished.
Here’s the story.
Fiber from Knit Picks. 100% Wool of the Andes Roving, color Bare.
Singles…as they appear after being slid off the spindle shaft. Worsted spun.
Shown with a coin for size perspective. Pretty fine, I’d say.
Two plies wound together ready to add twist.
Twist added…ready for it’s bath.
Finito.
I have no idea what I’m going to do with this yarn, nor do I have any idea what the yardage is. I would say it is fingering weight so probably 350-400 yards. But that is just a guess.
One of the skeins is slightly underplied. As in, it did a half twist when I took it out of the water and hung it to see what it would do. But a half twist is totally in the ballpark. [For the record, if it’s perfectly balanced, it won’t twist at all when hung as a skein.]
I say, pretty good for a newbie. Seriously…I bought my first spindle in December. Give me a little slack, will ya?