Squish

I picked up this beautiful Falkland batt from Into the Whirled at MDSW 2016, and decided to spin it up before this year’s festival. I’ve spun one of these batts before and really loved it, so I didn’t really resist the temptation too much. This is a big batt (about 4 oz) and this is what it looked like when I opened it up:

I didn’t think much and just started spinning from one end. If I had it to do over again, I might have put all the gray at one end rather than have the skein both start and end with the same color. On the other hand, this might be used to advantage in just the right cowl pattern, knit so that your circle starts and ends with gray.

I failed to photograph the bobbin in progress, except for this one shot which was really about me pondering the placement of my sock yarn squares on the living room floor:

I chain plied the singles, remembering this time to use a much slower whorl so I wouldn’t have to move my hands so quickly to create the chained loops (singles spun 14:1, plied at 10.5:1). I ended up with 332 yards of 3-ply yarn, and the skein weighs 127 grams. I took a quick photo before I wet finished it – I think you’ll be able to see how much this fiber poofs up after finishing. Here’s the “before”:

And here is the “after”:

It’s not the most even yarn I’ve ever spun (sometimes I had to fight with the fiber where the colors overlapped)… but it’s squishy and springy and it’ll be great as something someday!