Main Yarn: Hand spun single Holly Berry merino top, plyed with 2 ply
spider weight commerical spun pink angora. Made a 3 ply that is more or
less a DK weight.
Contrasting Strip Yarn: same 2 ply spider angora yarn Navajo plyed to make a 6 ply that is still lighter than my 3 ply.
used 32 in rigid heddle, maxed out entire warp on full heddle. used a
5 dpi reed. beating at 5 picks per inch with the 3 ply and about 6-7
picks per inch of the angora. for a loose lighter sweater sort of Ruana.
I hand spun and hand plyed about 4000 yds of yarn, hehe, I wanted to make sure I had enough!!
April 9, 2011 update: I have not been weaving a lot lately. haven’t
felt well, lots of family drama, all has drained me of energy full stop.
taking creative sabbatical and screening all calls so that I can create
again. have 9 inches left before my last 4 inch weft strip, then 10
more inches and done. hems stitch and off the loom, twist fringe. hope
to be done by my birthday so that I can wear it to a spin group on the
14th.
April 18, 2001 update:
Finished twisting all the fringe last night. trimmed the edges, fixed
some skips and today I am “fully” the fiber to tighten the weave. will
lay it out to dry in the sun and wind and will wear on the 14th. Hope to
have photos of me wearing it taken then to post up for you all to see.
Looks like you have enough left over to make me one too ;) I can supply extra angora.
Your Ruana is absolutely gorgeous. I had wanted to make one too on my Union 36 loom, maybe I will soon. I do know how family can drain you of all emotional and physical energy. Seems like I have also experienced that for the past 2 years. Nothing we can do about it except pray, and we feel so helpless. Hope it gets better for you soon. Your work is awesome!
Absolutely fantastic project from the spinning to the weaving - WOW!!! I've taught my kids to weave on RH this past year(some spin too!), and I'll show them your project this evening - what an inspiration you are!!! ;)
