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Posted by Y? on September 17, 2007, 2:34 am
Not sure how you are dealing with it initially, if you are spinning it from
it's length then pull it into strips so that you aren't holding great thick
wedges of it, and ease it out into spinnable widths, and mix colours
together that way... if you are spinning it as a semi worsted from over
your finger then you may be picking up more of one colour than the other....
?
higz Cher
> Hello all,
>
> I need help with spinning this time:
>
> I just brought this beautiful fiber from local Sheep and Wool
> festival:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ulia/Picture002.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ulia/Picture001.jpg
>
> hoping to spin it into thicker 2 ply yarn and make a nice winter hat
> and mittens for my son.
>
> The fiber is a blend of 40% kid mohair (second cut), 32% alpaca and
> 28% lambswool, everything naturally dyed. I simply couldn't resist
> this golden mohair luster. And I expected to get something like this
> all the way :
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ulia/Picture003.jpg
>
> Well, my idea turned into a total disaster: instead of evenly
> beautiful two color thread I'm getting a 'first-timer' mess on
> spindle, uneven and with places without mohair, like this:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ulia/Picture004.jpg
>
> The fibers have very different staple lengths and very different
> qualities, and I cannot get even drafting. I'm not an expert but I can
> spin fine and even, like here:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ulia/Picture005.jpg
>
> SO, is there a specific way to deal with such combinations or this is
> all I can get? May I change somehow my technique before I 'ruined' all
> the beauty?
>
> It probably will be beautiful anyway, although it's not what I
> planned.
>
> Still hopeful,
>
> Yulia
>
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