May 29

Between errands and some frenetic housekeeping, I was able to get some spinning done over the weekend. I mostly plied the blue Colonial into a 2-ply yarn.

At first I thought that I would never fill the bobbin up. Just when I thought I was stuck in the blackhole of plying, I managed to achieve escape velocity and fill up a bobbin. I even wound it all onto the niddy noddy!

I’m fairly happy with the way it turned out. I still think that I could have spun a more consistent single and plied more consistently as well. I’m hoping that I’ll be happier once I give the yarn a bath.

Here’s a final shot of the yarn with my finger in it. I’m happy with the weight and I think I’ll be able to get away with knitting a shawl out of it. I’m just undecided on which pattern to use. I’m thinking either the Flower Basket Shawl or the Seraphim.

I still have about half a bobbins worth of singles left on both bobbins so it’s back to plying!