Some yarns just sing to be used…but struggle in certain projects.
This yarn has talked to me for a while now. I really enjoyed dyeing it in shades of greens and blues....when spun the blues settled in and green became the dominant colour - just as I planned.
I spun it into a thick and thin single.....and also spun some and the plied it together to use for the warp.
I cast on a Lady Kina with it and almost completed it. The joy of using it was tempered with the fact that every now and then, as is the way with handspun slub, I knit a really thin section….and I just felt that even though I had almost finished the project, that it wasn’t going to hold up to being loved and worn a lot.
So I frogged it.
And wove it.
Sigh.
Wonderful.
Its about 2m long with fringes and 35cm wide. I used a 7.5 DPI reed with 64 ends….
Then I gave it a soak in the sink with some dishwashing liquid, bashed it around a bit, put it in the washing machine to spin the water out and THEN, I dried it in the dyer.
WONDERFUL.
It shrunk a little but is very very very soft and looks amazing.
Couldn’t be happier. (And I still have a whole ball of yarn left to use for something else.)
Very nice overview of your lovely project of which the name made me smile. Hope to see more of your work. Love the colours.
Absolutely gorgeous dye work leading to your wonderful quote: "Some yarns just sing to be used…but struggle in certain projects."
