Spinning for a Sweater – All Spun Up!

The last time we checked in on this project, I had finished plying the singles into two large hanks of 3-ply, DK weight yarn.  But I had discovered that my estimate for how much spinning fiber I would need was very low, and had acquired more of the same fiber to hopefully double my finished yardage.

Well, the spinning of this second half of the fiber didn’t go quite as quickly as the first half.  You know what happened?  Holiday gift-making!  There are only so many hours in the day, after all.  So the spinning still continued, but on a more limited basis.  A few hours here…a few hours there…

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By the beginning of the new year, I had managed to spin all but two bobbins of singles.  Now that the holidays were over, I could focus my efforts again.  So I queued up a TV series and got to work.  In just a couple of weeks those singles were done and the final two hanks of plied yarn were washed and hung to dry.

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Here’s a photo of the freshly washed yarn on the left, compared with the unwashed yarn on the right.  Look how much the yarn fluffed up in the bath!  I love the transformation.

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You might be wondering if I met my yardage goal.  Not only did I meet my goal, I have a couple hundred yards to spare.  And the yarn from the second batch is a good match for the yarn from the first batch.  Success!

Now I can get started knitting that sweater.  Right after I finish the one two sweaters already on the needles.

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