Spinning

This weekend I didn't get any sewing projects cut out, but I did get my Arcade Singles plied.  This was a Merino/Tencel top from Greenwood Fiberworks dyed in their Arcade colorway.  I spun it end to end with no splitting or predrafting and tried to spin back and forth across the width of the top, evenly to keep the colors as clear and un-muddied as possible.  You can see above how the bobbin looked when I began plying - I love the way the colors blended smoothly together!

The finished skein is 406 yards of chain plied, fingering weight yarn.  I don't have any definite plans for this yarn, but fingering weight yarn works really well in this climate and I have lots of patterns for the weight in my pattern library.  I'm sure I'll find somewhere to use it.

I started a new spinning project after finishing my Arcade yarn, and this one will be a sweater quantity.  I'm doing a combination spin for this project.  Above, you can see my fiber.  From left to right:

Dicentra Designs 60% Polwarth/40% Silk in Clearing

Unknown deep stash (possibly Ashland Bay) 80% Merino/20% Silk in Oriental Jade

Jakira Farms Mixed BFL 75% White/25% Black, no colorway name

Dicentra Designs 60% Polwarth/40% Silk in Lush

Dicentra Designs 60% Polwarth/40% Silk in Low Carbon World

Dicentra Designs 60% Polwarth/40% Silk in Aqua

I had about 4 ounces of each when I started.  I plan on making a three ply fingering weight finished yarn, so I divided each braid into sixths by weight.  Then each piece of top was stripped further and pulled into shorter lengths.

Here is the top for the first bobbin, it's been inspected by a wool professional.

Here is the first bobbin!

At some point, I will get my fabric cut, but right now, I'm having a lot of fun spinning!