MY RAINBOW YARN IS NOW FINISHED!!!!! Woohooo!
Here are the photos of each day's spinning, a bit boring I know, but it does show my progress through the rainbow.
Day 6 :-
Day 7 :-
Day 8 :-
Then came the plying :-
And today they were joined together in a large yarn cake :-
From the centre, the colours are Purple (Logwood), Blues (Woad), Greens (Dyer's Chamomile overdyed with Woad and Comfrey), Yellow (Fennel), Orange (Onion Skins), Red (Madder), Pink/Violet (Brazilwood).
This was spun using Falkland wool (prepared and hand-dyed from the original fleece) and weighs in at 160g. I have approx. 485 yards/448m and the thickness is approx. 12 wraps per inch which is sport weight. For those who don't understand what sport weight is (I didn't either!), it's halfway between 4-ply and double knitting.
Here are the photos of each day's spinning, a bit boring I know, but it does show my progress through the rainbow.
Day 6 :-
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| Spinning the Madder |
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| Starting the Brazilwood |
Day 8 :-
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| Final colour finished |
And today they were joined together in a large yarn cake :-
From the centre, the colours are Purple (Logwood), Blues (Woad), Greens (Dyer's Chamomile overdyed with Woad and Comfrey), Yellow (Fennel), Orange (Onion Skins), Red (Madder), Pink/Violet (Brazilwood).
This was spun using Falkland wool (prepared and hand-dyed from the original fleece) and weighs in at 160g. I have approx. 485 yards/448m and the thickness is approx. 12 wraps per inch which is sport weight. For those who don't understand what sport weight is (I didn't either!), it's halfway between 4-ply and double knitting.
Beautiful! and inspiring!
ReplyDeleteLovely. I've done natural rainbows of yarn too, but yours has turned out great.
ReplyDeleteThanks both of you - it was quite a challenge but I was really quite proud of myself when it was finished.
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