Winterhaven Fiber Farm Merino/Silk = Done

Update:  August 11, 2013:  The Plying Is Done

I finished plying this afternoon, with a yield of 1,388 yds of 3-ply (514 yds, 484 yds, and 390 yds) with 58 yds of chain-ply with the "left over" singles.  The twist has been set, and the skeins are hanging to dry.

Update:  August 8, 2013:  The Singles Are Spun

I finally finished spinning the singles, and I have decided on a two-ply yarn.

May 4, 2013: For several years running, I have gotten so flustered figuring out which knitting to take to the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat that I've forgotten to bring a spinning wheel.  Well, I was not going to let that happen again this year, so I made sure I had a new spinning project on the Sidekick wheel from Schacht to take with.  The fiber is taking quite a stern hand in the pre-drafting, but I was warned when I bought it from Winterhaven (at The Fiber Event in Greencastle, Indiana) that it was on sale due to be a bit matted due to being a bit well-traveled.  Well, the color was too gorgeous to pass up, and I'm so fluffing anal-retentive about my pre-drafting, I decided it was worth a little extra ummph.

Source:	Winterhaven Fiber Farm
Fiber(s):	80% Merino / 20% Silk
Color:	Blue Lagoon
Weight:	12 oz
Wheel/Spindle for Spinning:	Sidekick
Plies:	3
Wheel/Spindle for Plying:	Sidekick
Yardage:	1,388 + 58
Date Started:	May 1, 2013
Date Finished:	August 11, 2013
Intent:	Vest for Dad

Kyle William Amethyst Merino = Started

Earlier this month, I was (quite) pleased to score some KyleWilliam hand-dyed roving.  I got some BFL and some merino.  This morning, I met Kara for another spinning lesson and needed to start another spindle project for portability, and I wanted to play with my new Trindle / spindle. Kara gave me several sets of Trindle arms for my birthday, and I wanted to give them a whorl (heh heh heh). The merino from KyleWilliam was a no-brainer -- I'm dying to see how it spins up.

Source:	Kyle William
Fiber(s):	Merino
Color:	Amethyst
Weight:	4 oz
Wheel/Spindle for Spinning:	Trindle Nano / Peace-Sign Arms (8 g)
Plies:	2
Wheel/Spindle for Plying:	TBD
Yardage:	TBD
Date Started:	May 25, 2013
Date Finished:
Intent:	Scarf for me

Abstract Fibers Laurelhurst = Done

Last night, I finished spinning the singles and began plying. Today, I finished the plying and set the twist. When the yarn is dry, I'll add pictures. Wish I'd thought to snap a pic of the fiber before I prepped or spun it. Oh well. Perhaps next time.

Source:	Abstract Fibers
Fiber(s):	50% Merino / 50% Silk
Color:	Laurelhurst
Weight:	4 oz
Wheel/Spindle for Spinning:	Tracey Eichheim Production Spindle, Comet, 17g
Plies:	2
Wheel/Spindle for Plying:	Sidekick
Yardage:	600
Date Started:	April 9, 2013
Date Finished:	May 25, 2013
Intent:	Scarf for Mom (or maybe Katie's HS graduation

Inaugural Post

I love Ravelry for keeping track of my knitting projects, and all my quilting projects get mentioned (at some point) on my blog with Kara (FiveDegreesBetweenUs).  My spinning, though, had no home until now.  Until this blog.

For someone who's been spinning for ten years, I have remarkably little yarn to show for it.  I have a lovely fiber stash, and I spun yarn to knit socks for my Dad, for a fellow knitter to knit a vest for herself on her retirement, and for a fiber-to-scarf exchange.  I believe there's also some generic wool yarn sufficient for a sweater for Mum now tucked into the yarn stash, but I have kept very few records.  (Oh, and I put some hand spun corriedale that was also my first hand-dyed yarn in a Ruana that I knit for my sister).  See, I'm proving my point.  I need to keep track of these things, like when I started spinning, where the fiber came from, what the fiber content is, how many plies, how many yards, etc...