10. July 2009 23:41
by Jobo
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Imagine... a whole week with spinning everyday...
Some weeks you have to wonder when you find time to work on anything besides laundry :P
I made a special effort to do my spinning every day this week despite feeling tired out with a cold, and itchy with that darn mystery rash... Tonight I finished my Angel Batt Yarn!
I decided to go with the straight bamboo single for the second ply. I had been kind of thinking that maybe I would try something new with the plying, but really my blended single was not very thick, so I couldn't do anything too crazy with it... Bamboo has a lot of shine, and I didn't want that to overshadow the softness and pillowyness of the other single. I chose to make the bamboo single a little thinner, so hopefully this woudn't happen. I was right... even though the bamboo single is a little narrower - it just gleams next to the puffy cloudyness of the blended single, and looks pretty much the same size.
I ended up with about 65 yards of slightly thicker than fingering weight yarn... maybe sport weight ish. I also chain plied the remaining bamboo single... approximately 35 feet of that! In comparison, the 100% bamboo single is shiny and really reflects the light. I think maybe this would make a nice border for a project (i.e. maybe Sarjjte's booties use the bamboo 3-ply for the upper portion of the bootie?) and I do have another 3/4 lb of bamboo upstairs if I feel the need to go spin up some more
very pleased with results :)
this stuff is SOFT beyond... and the bamboo makes it feel smooth too. As I have been handling it a little there is a soft angora halo that is starting to show. I think after a wash and a good thwacking that halo will grow a little more too.
Now I just need to come up with a project for it... I am half considering going back upstairs to the studio and making another batt just so I can double my stash of this yarn and double the possibilities of what to make with it ;)
One of Marky's coworkers just had a baby girl (their first) so I would like to make her something... maybe with this yarn? I gues I will have to see what it looks like after it's bath. I think I have enough to make booties.... But my brain is fried from a really long day at work. Maybe I had better recount the yardage in the morning after a good night's sleep before I get my heart set on anything