The spinning stash, that is – I just washed up some finished handspun.
This is some Romney that I picked up *last* year at Rhinebeck. I bought three 8 oz. bags, and I’ve spun up about a pound. The roving was fantastic to work with – drafted like a dream, full of air. It was a bit hairy, as Romney is, but nothing crazy.
I bought two bags of one shade and one of a darker shade, so I decided to spin it up into a three-ply, where two of the plies would be the lighter shade and one ply the darker. Woolen prep, woolen spun (long-draw, fast). It spun up really, really quickly and washed up nice and soft.
I think it worked out quite nicely – I think the yarn will knit up into a very cohesive fabric with a tweedy, marled look to the colour. I’ve done about 445 g, measuring in at about 900 yards. Just enough for the project I have in mind (a gift). I still have quite a bit of the roving left over so I’ll probably spin it up the same…but for now, more colourful spinning is calling my name!
Gorgeous! My current spinning project is eerily similar…
I love it! That mushroom-y brown is lovely….
I always have some Romney going on one off my wheels. Last thing I knitted from it was a winter weight shawl. It will be interesting to watch and see what you knit from yours. I agree with having to move on to more colourful knitting!
As a non-spinner I would love to see what the two colours of roving look like pre spinning!