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Yarn Organization 025Today’s yarn is another handspun… I seem to be on a bit of a handspun kick here.  It actually makes sense, since I’m trying to get all my handspun labeled and organized.

I think I might call this one Fairy Wings.  Like Forest Path, it’s a by-product of overloading my carder so it was hard to spin.  Plus, the wool in this one seemed to want to felt just from the moisture on my skin.  It’s going to be a trick not to have this accidentally felt on me the first time I wash it after it’s knit up.

Deets: 160 yrds, 4.2 oz.  Merino and Glitz.

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Yarn Organization 030Another Handspun here, this one with a title: Forest Path.  This was spun from some batts I made when I was first learning to play with my carder.  I learned when spinning these that I needed to load my carder up much less… the batts were so tightly packed that I had to do a lot of predrafting.  Finally I just became tired of fighting, and spun it as a think and thin.  It’s a bit overspun in places, but it gives it a nice texture.

The details:  I’ve got 4.2 oz and about 180 yrds.  Thick and thin, about worsted average, getting up to bulky and down to fingering.  Single ply.

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Yarn Organization 174Merino Wool, Silk and Angora

This is some handspun that is realitively new.  That is, it’s been spun in the last 6 months.  This was a dream to spin, and I’m tempted to buy up the rest of it from the Yarn Spot and spin that up also.  So nice.  I’m thinking I might want to get a local dyer I know, of Rock Creek Yarns to dye it for me, though I’m unsure of what color I’d like.

The details:  I’ve got 9.78 ounces/ 936 yards of Sport to fingering weight yarn.  Not sure what it’s going to become yet, but I’m thinking a beaded shawl, just so the lace can let the angora bloom.