All That Roving…
Evan and I spun up about 30 grams of two ply white yarn while we traveled across various Massachusetts campgrounds. When I came home, I enjoyed some quality time with my spinning wheel as it was too hot to do much else!
spinning by candlelight
This roving (from Island Alpaca on Martha’s Vineyard) spun up very nicely. The singles are smooth and drafting was so easy. The green roving spun up to be rather vibrant…
…and the multicoloured roving had a blend from pink to blue to brown. I’m always intrigued to see what dyed roving will look like on the wheel. Here’s the before picture:
Here’s the after picture:
I split the entire roving down the middle after it was dyed, and spun each half in sequence to make sure that the colours would be relatively consistent across the entire bobbin. I want to make mittens with this yarn, and sometimes when you spin without the final project in mind, you can end up with a very fraternal pair!
To tone down the green, I decided to ply these two bobbins together to make a brown/green tough colour.
The result was this skein of variegated green two ply yarn. It’s a light DK weight, ready to be knit into mittens for Evan.
Hopefully the fun memories of our alpaca farm visit, and cooking up this tough colour over the campfire will keep his hands warm all winter long.
