Comments on: Tour de Fleece - Day 3 Report

By: Robin in VA

Robin in VA — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:12:31 +0000

WOW! I love your colors!

By: textillian

textillian — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:54:47 +0000

To my knowledge, neps are a matter of the processing. It is not something you can do in the dyeing. I think you might have gotten some bum roving. But it sounds like you are persevering.

The plied yarn is wonderful. Where did you get the fiber and what colorway is it?

By: Carin

Carin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:58:59 +0000

Love the colours!

By: Robbyn

Robbyn — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:22:10 +0000

My goodness - you’re producing some beautiful yarns there! Your remarks about the CFH remind me why I prefer to due *after* spinning. Well - it’s not like i could spin it up anyway!

To my knowledge, I have never had any corriedale based yarn so I can offer no information about how easily it felts. I can say that every merino I’ve dyed has gotten a little *sticky*. Not enough to impair winding or use - just enough to let you know that something happened :)

By: Aim

Aim — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:49:45 +0000

Wow, Opal, I want to spin now! I had put that aside for a while, but looking at all you are doing is making me drool….(and I must learn how to 3-ply yet)

Thanks for inspiring :)