This and That

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Since my photo link doesn't want to cooperate will just describe pix from the top.

Odds and sods, small amounts of various leftovers, 3 are merino - nylon and the bright pink is BFL - nylon. Spinning  so that resulting two ply yarn will be heavier than my usual, almost close to medium bulky weight. Plans so far to make mittens for several local female smalls. Make even add small amounts kid mohair on the inside for extra warmth.

Middle pix is the wool-silk blend, took almost as long to ply as it did to spin. Pretty close to fingering weight and plans are for socks for me. After last winters -40° and only one pair of handspun socks to my name knew that I would want more for anything Mother Nature will throw at us this winter.

Bottom pix is the blue green merino nylon from last blog post. Had 150 grams of the mix from Mary-anne Smith  (vintage stuff). Not sure right this minute what it will be stash for now.

Have been sorting fibre with intentions of spinning lots of this and that, maybe small amounts of various leftovers.
 

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 4, 2020 at 11:49 AM

    Oh you're going to have awesome socks. What pretty, pretty yarn

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  2. MaureenTakomaOctober 9, 2020 at 2:51 PM

    How are you doing up there? Hopefully being at the back of beyond is a good thing in this weird time. Have you been spinning your brains out, especially now that there are more sports to watch?

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  3. TTOctober 11, 2020 at 7:07 AM

    Hope you are well! I miss your colorful blogs but I hope you are missing here because you are busy having fun.

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  4. JulieOctober 12, 2020 at 7:45 PM

    Haven't heard from you for a while. Hope you are doing well, spinning and knitting, and keeping a sharp look-out for dangerous wildlife!

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