Proud as a Peacock
Apr 2nd, 2013 by Tana
Did we have pie for Easter? Did I make hot cross buns after my husband mentioned they sounded really good? Did I think hard enough to purchase the ingredients for a salad and mix it up to take with us?
No. No. No.
I was busy spinning yarn.
My second finished yarn. Plied Saturday afternoon when I had oh so many other things I should have been doing.
Spun from this…
Cotswald Sliver “Eye of the Peacock” dyed by Spunky Eclectic, January 2013 fiber club.
…using this: Bosworth Midi Spindle.
I was going to have felted singles, but that didn’t work out too well. The singles were rather thin and tightly spun. I did make an attempt, but after the yarn dried, I could still untwist and draft the plies. Thus I went to plan B and Navajo-plied all of it. Final thickness ranges from dk to heavy worsted.
A whole entire skein of colorful goodness. Lofty, woolen-spun yarn.
For now I plan to stash it and admire it every time I pull out some yarn. Eventually it will probably end up as something felted, given the varying thickness. At some point I will swatch with it and see what I think.
But for now I am just going to enjoy admiring it.
You might even say I’m proud as a peacock.