Wednesday 6 July 2011

Tour de fleece day 5

Today was another plying day. I navajo plied the BFL spingle from yesterday to get about 30m. It is a similar weight to the alpaca from the start of the tour so I might combine the two.


Close up shot


I have learnt some more with this project, in an attempt to avoid overspinning and get a soft squishy yarn some bits were underspun. This caused a few problems with the plying as navajo plying needs a little extra robustness in the single so that it can cope with being pulled through itself. There were a few breaks in the single because of this but it all held together ok in the end.

I did some other plying too, but since the singles were spun ages ago I am not counting them as part of the tour, they will get a photo later on.

6 comments:

  1. Such lovely spinning and plying, it looks wonderfully soft!

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  2. It does look soft, squishy soft!

    I have Navajo plied before, but like you said, the singles were too thin and it broke. It works well with a strong yarn like Corriedale, though.

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  3. Really pretty, it's looks like a nice cozy yarn! Happy spinning!

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  4. I really need to learn how to navajo ply but so much of my yarn is worsted weight that I'm afraid it would be too bulky. ARgh! Your BFL is lovely.

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  5. Don't you love how every time you spin something you learn something? It's my favorite part of spinning. I try to learn something new about it every day. Happy FAF.

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