This is the charcoal polworth and the dyed silk from a couple of weekends ago.I've been spinning the silk for what seems like forever and finally got to start the plying yesterday.
1070 yards and 4 ounces so far with 4 more ounce to ply up. I think it's gorgeous - not at all what I wanted, but pretty nevertheless.
I was really wanting the silk to be dark saturated colors, but the violet was lighter than I thought it would be and the silk roving didn't get dyed in places in the middle of the roving. The Burgundy turned out to be a very red brown and the dark green is nice - but the violet really throws off my autumn colors plan. Don't know what I was thinking with that.
I will ply up the remaining and look for a beginners lace pattern for a lacy shawl to knit with this.
Or, it really looks like the long color repeats might be nice for a woven piece - I'd have to sett this closer than I've ever woven before, but it might be the incentive I need to get the Macomber set up for a warp.
2 comments:
Oooh, that is the most gorgeous yarn! It is just beautiful! HOW do you spin and ply so consistently! I never seem to get it right the first time! I always underply and then have to go back and ply again to add more twist...which is hard to do when you have your fingers crossed!
So frigging beautiful!
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