Finished!

 

I've finished spinning the Cranberry Merino singles!  All six bobbins are done, and I'm ready to ply!  I started spinning these singles on July 17 and finished yesterday, August 14.  There was a pound of fiber at the beginning.

I'll be making a traditional three plied yarn and in order to redistribute any unevenness in my spinning, I will be plying bobbins 1, 3, and 5 together and bobbins 2, 4, and 6 together.  Any leftover singles will all be plied together until I have fewer than three bobbins left and then I'll chain ply the last bits.  The chain plied skein will only be used in the knitted project if I completely run out of the other yarn because of the differences in the way chain plying works with color versus a traditional three ply.  I'm expecting plying to take several days, but I plan on starting later today.  I'll be using Irish tension to ply because that has a stronger draw in and will wrap the bobbin more firmly (in other words, I'll be able to pack more yarn on each bobbin).

I can't wait to see how much yardage I have!