English Rose

 

I finished my skein of Malabrigo Nube in the English Rose colorway!  This is 114 grams/ 430 yards of three ply, fingering weight yarn.  I spun it using a short forward draw without twist in the drafting zone, or true worsted.  I didn't do anything fancy for color management, just divided the length of top into thirds by weight and started spinning.  I spun it on my Schacht Flatiron using the larger groove on the Fast whorl (15.1:1) with the wheel set up for Scotch Tension.

I loved spinning this, both the colors and the spinning.  Malabrigo has some amazing colors and I adore spinning them.  I don't have any definite plans for this yarn, but as it's 400+ yards of fingering weight, I'm sure I'll find something for it.

So, a funny thing happened.  Remember when I showed you three different braids for my next spinning project and said I'd spin whichever one the blog voted on?  Well, as of yesterday there was a tie.  A three way tie.  So today I will pick one and get started on it.  I'll show you which one I chose later this week.