Rainbow Leicester
From this:
To this:
To this:
Close up, you say?
This is the last of the BFL rovings that Julie and I dyed up. Saturated jewel tones were the order of the day for this one. I'm glad I saved it for last, because I think I'll get something lovely out of it. I did all the spinning over the last few days using my new spindle. I think I can say without hesitation that the Charis Yarn spindle was an excellent acquisition. This spindle definitely spins a long time!
I went from the spindle to the niddy so that I could get this yarn into a hank and give it a little bath and air dry to help set the twist before I ply it. But, depending on what it's like after it dries, I may just keep it as a single. I kind of like it just the way it is. Do singles have to be plied? Deb Menz Spinning in Color book suggests not, but I'm worried about bias. How do I know that my singles won't bias when I knit with them? Is just not seeing visible twist in the hank after drying enough? Or are there other magic tests?
it's wonderful... I mean really wonderful. I just can't get over how coloured roving ends up to be such intensely coloured yarn.
Beautiful yarn !
Keep it as singles.It's so pretty. If there was no visible twist in the drying skein then it should knit up fine.It will be beautiful.BFL is,I think,my favourite roving - fleece is another matter ! - ,it has such a nice lustre and softness.
It is beautiful Theresa! I say keep it as singles, but then I know nothing about spinning, so I am not really much help. :)
Fantastic spinning!
The more singles you do, the more idea you will get about how springy it is, but the great thing about knitting singles is that it is perfect for socks, or knitting in the round because then the slanted stitches don't matter, infact they give the knitted fabric an amazing appearance. There is an amazing book which I recomend which is Lynn Vogel's twisted sisters sock book, it is especially for spinning your own yarn for socks. For the heal of the socks if you do seed stitch it tends to strighten the bais of the yarn.
jeni
Gorgeous, amazing colors. Wowie.
Your yarn is beautiful!! I would keep it as singles, because otherwise I would be afraid the colors will get all muddy when you ply them.
Can't wait to see what you knit up with it!
It's stunning. It's going to be something beautiful, single or plied.
Well, Manos is a singles and people pay big bucks for it.
;-)
Very beautiful yarn. I hope you also like it knit up.
Really pretty yarn you've spun up there, girl.
That is just stunning. I can't close my mouth. (A problem because I'm trying to drink my coffee.)
Yeah, keep it as singles, because they're just too good to be true in their current state, and like Claudia says, people do pay big bucks for yarn in its singularly gorgeous state.
(This is how I comfort myself in my inability-to-ply state ;-) but seriously, the colours are so perfect, why ply?)
I like it as singles, too. As for the bias, you could crochet with it instead of knitting. Or knit socks, which works pretty well with singles. ;)
You don't really *need* to ply it. Especially if you're planning to set the twist on the singles - one of the reasons that people ply. Try a swatch after setting the twist and see how much, if any, bias is left. There might not be as much as you think. It does look *so* pretty as singles!
Beautiful colors! I've been fascinated with your adventures in spinning. It's really interesting to see how the roving turns into yarn.
Oh. My. Goodness. That is some beautiful yarn. Fantastic job!!
It looks beautiful! I love those colors . . . dyeing is one thing I haven't tried (and don't really plan to--mostly because every sink we have is white and my mother's paranoid about stains). Your spinning is doing wonderfully.
Wow! Great job!
Oh wow. That's positively gorgeous. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
that is some of the most even spinning ive seen i'm so jealous! I've wanted to learn how to spin but im holding off since i have such a busy schedule, so I spin vicariously through all of the blogs I read You are sooooo good at it!
Wow, that looks gorgeous. I am envious of your skill, growing in leaps and bounds as it is!
VERY pretty singles! If you're worried about the singles biasing, you could always ply them against a white or other solid-colored singles, that way you'd preserve the colors.
Heck -- I would keep them as singles. A nice long soak in some warm soapy water and then a weight on the bottom should straighten them out. Here's my tip. Hang them near a wall and put a round bottle sideways in the bottom. The flat bottom of the bottle should be against the wall. Is this making any sense? If done this way, you get weight, plus the yarn can't twist around at all. (It's almost like the bottle is laying in a hammock!)
your yarn's beautiful!!!
I think as long as your twist angle is less than 20% you shouldn't see much, if any bias, in the knitted piece with those singles. You can also counteract any biasing by choosing a stitch pattern like a seed stitch or ribbing that will even out any of that extra twist. I love it as singles; I wouldn't ply it unless absolutely necessary.