That thread I spun on Wednesday? I plied it then ran it through the wheel again to tighten up the ply, then set the twist. Took it to Ceri’s last night after my cello lesson when I dropped off her 255 yards of Aran-weight Corriedale (or Arin-weight Ceridale, as we have taken to calling it) and she very firmly demonstrated that it was, in fact, laceweight by comparing it to the lightest fingering weight she’s ever worked with.
LACEWEIGHT, BABY!
I have 82 yards of it. It weights 16 grams, just over half an ounce. At some point I need to measure the WPI, just to further hammer the reality into my head. As Ceri said, spinning laceweight yields lots of bang for the buck.
Laceweight. After six weeks. Nice, even laceweight.
Now of course I am worried that I will never be able to spin anything thick again, so during a bout of insomnia on Saturday night I spun up some thicker singles and plied them to prove to myself that I can still spin Aran-weight yarn. And once my new-to-me bobbins and lazy kate extender arrive, I will be able to ply three or four thicker singles and perhaps get bulky weight. (Or spin four thin singles and ply them all together, muah-hah!) Next on the list of things to do is try the woollen-style long draw to get a fluffier thick yarn with better loft, so I can stretch the fibre further. (Spinning worsted-style as I’ve been doing yields a very dense yarn, whereas the woollen style incorporates more air into a yarn of the same grist/diameter, making it both warmer and possibly more economical, though not suited for every knitting project.)
Okay, I just had to get that out before I do my morning rounds of correspondence and news and such. The weekend roundup will post soon.
GLEEEEEEE! And the skein just looks so… professional!
I KNOW! But I think that is because I have been looking at pictures of my Koigu. Not that anyone would ever mistake this for Koigu. And I suspect that it just looks this even because you can’t actually focus on the irregularities since the yarn is so tiny. But I don’t particularly care at this point, because LACEWEIGHT!
And I was admiring the Aran-weight last night too – it’s just gorgeous. I wanted to ditch work and cast it on but alas that one cannot.
This warrants a LOT of boasting, and not just a tiny bit!
I’ll second what Ceri said: it looks so professional, like something you’d buy in a store!
You could turn this into a regular cottage industry, if you chose. I think there are a lot of people out there who would pay good money for your product. (I know this is not your objective. I’m just sayin’ . . .)
xox
It has been considered. I like spinning much more than knitting, which means ending up with a lot of yarn that doesn’t get used. I need some more practice, but then, Etsy just may beckon…
Yes, Etsy was exactly what I was thinking of. Ebay probably also has a craft section.