Sometimes I just need to pull wool out of my bins and play with my carders. Today was such a day. This was my first batch. I hand-carded the striped rolags to control the color changes a bit more while spinning. Then I used my drum carder to card the natural gray. The idea is to ply the two together. I don't know what I'm going to make with it yet, but I love playing with colors! The natural gray is from my Border Leicester ewe, Maggie. The dyed wools are from Purl, Teddy, and Penny. The total is about 8 oz.
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Carding Wool
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A friend is having chemo that leaves her hands very sensitive to cold. I offered to make her a pair - probably two pairs - of fingerless mitts. She likes grays, blues, and purples, so I decided to mix them together. I carded each color separately and then layered them on in the final batts. I can't wait to start spinning this bunch! The dyed wool is from my white Border Leicester ewe, Crystal, and the natural gray from Maggie, another Border Leicester ewe. The total is about 6 oz.Spinner of Yarns
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Thanks - I am impressed with how smooth your batts look and I know that can be a lot of work.
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I bought a Strauch carder about 18 years ago (I understand he sold the company earlier this year), and it was the best investment ever. I went to Maryland Sheep and Wool festival and tried out every make and model of carder they had there - literally ALL of them - and the Strauch carder did the best job. Love it!
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I had fun spinning the gray/blue/lilac batts. It finished out about 6 ounces and about 520 yards 2-ply. I think it'll make some very nice fingerless mitts, knitted on size 1 or 2 needles.Spinner of Yarns
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Thank you rkennell, the mitts knitted up a pretty heather, and I have enough yarn leftover to make myself a pair of socks.
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I finished the fingerless mitts for my friend. Here's how they turned out. I'm really happy with them. They are too small for my large hands, but should fit her really well. I started with the Staghorn Fingerless Glove pattern: http://www.ballstothewallsknits.com/...ss-gloves.html and then adapted it to my handspun yarn. The yarn looked better on size 1 rather than size 2 needles, so I changed that and added more stitches, plus I added 2 stitches between the "horns" of the cable and I liked that better. I also knitted a shorter cuff than the pattern because that's what my friend requested.Spinner of Yarns
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Very pretty! I made that pattern once quite a while ago. I love making glittens and mitts. My favorite patten for mitts is called Nalu. Not sure where all it's available as I downloaded it several years ago.
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KnitsWithHorses, I'll have to look that one up.
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Plenty of yarn left over to knit a pair of socks.Spinner of Yarns
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I got the striped rolags spun last night. Now to spin the natural gray and ply them together. They'll be for socks. This particular gray fleece is on the coarser side. Perfect - hard wearing - for socks, but too rough for a shawl.Spinner of Yarns
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A better photo of the striped single. Maybe I'll start spinning the gray tonight.Spinner of Yarns
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rkennell, it's all longwool breeds, mostly Border Leicester with some Teeswater in the mix. I don't have a project in mind ... yet. I'm not sure it wants to be shawl, so only time will tell!
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Spent the weekend washing and dyeing wool. Three fleeces. The small lamb's fleece is naturally black, so no dyeing needed. The colors, top to bottom, are Gun Metal, Pumpkin Orange, Lilac, Spruce, a green I blended myself, Burgundy, and Gold Ochre. If you were going to blend some of these colors together for a multi-colored yarn, which would you choose?
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