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11.17.2003 :: Swatch
Here's the swatch knit from the yarn that I spun in the last entry.
I'm so happy to report that I was successful in spinning a heavy worsted weight yarn. Some may even say that it's bulky - just over 3 stitches per inch (using my oh-so-professional method of measuring against a 3"x5" index card, because I can never find a tape measure when I actually need one). The three inch side and the five inch side are both reporting the same information.
Now for the mittens...I think I'll use the pattern from Ann Budd's book.
Posted by Mary on 11.17.2003 AT 10:23 PM
Comments
Very short color runs. It was a layered bat and I really broke it up into lots of little pieces - some where single color, some with two colors and some with three. I'd say that the twist was about average to a little bit loose. Now that I've washed it and wrapped it into a ball, it's definitely relaxed and very softly spun - like much of my spinning - mostly by pure chance!
Posted by: Mary on 11.18.2003 AT 08:18 AM
the 3x5 card is ingenious!
I have a plaid couch and the space between 2 red stripes on the arm is about 2 inches, so I use that to get my gauge in a pinch.
Posted by: Leigh on 11.18.2003 AT 12:03 PM
And I love that swatch--the colors remind me of your easter egg dyed skein--are they similar?
Posted by: Leigh on 11.18.2003 AT 12:03 PM
Very nice yarn! I love the softness of the pastels...and your resourcefulness to use an index card!
Posted by: Lisa on 11.18.2003 AT 04:38 PM
So soft and pretty!
Posted by: Kerstin on 11.18.2003 AT 06:18 PM
I am in love with the indigo Moon. ~swoon~
Posted by: Sandy on 11.21.2003 AT 07:31 AM
Not that there is anything wrong with spinning-by-chance, hmmm? That's what I do and that's why I like it! I'm definitely hitting Indigo Moon hard at the next fiber festival. So soft, so luscious....
Posted by: claudia on 11.23.2003 AT 08:51 AM
so how did you spin it? lots of twist, not too much twist? short color runs?
Posted by: vanessa on 11.18.2003 AT 05:58 AM