Remember the fiber I bought at the sheep market? I’ve been wondering how I wanted to spin the variegated top on the right, so I decided to get all scientific about it and at least try out all the usual varieties (knowing full well that perhaps in the end I’d have 50g of samples….)
So a split lenghtwise 2-ply, a chainply, a fatter single and a 2×2 cable for starters. As well as knitted swatches!! Then afterwards, depending on the results, I might look into new to me spinning methods…
Well, I got as far a 2×2 cable, real thin, as I thought it might emulate a thicker, longer yarn using the whole top. And realized that all the plying would just make me an orange yarn. (of course I could try 3×3 chain ply, but no, not this time)
Then I thought I was real clever, and brave too, deciding to waste all my yarn on something really different (to me). Never mind all that sampling!
I split it in half, then one half split into a thick rope and a thin. The idea was to try and match the lenghts/colours when plying the two. Well, it works in theory. Except I haven’t spun for ages and I’m prone to underspinning – even when I think I’ve added extra twist. The fiber is superwash. Can you see where this is going? Yes, everything pretty much drifted apart when I tried to ply. Some bits are looking really good, but it’s definitely not the same type of yarn at both ends! I will however try this again some other time as I think it could be a really cool feature in a woven item of some sort.
The other half I spun fairly thin, and then I wanted to make a coiled yarn. Well, duh. After 20 cm or so plying, I learned that to make coils, your single should probably be somewhat thicker than your core unless you want serious corkscrews as well! I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on how to make the coils though, I just have to figure out what to do with a thin, variegated, orange single now….
Testspinding
Jeg har gÄet lÊnge og funderet pÄ, hvad jeg skulle spinde af mit orange fiber fra fÄredagen. Spekulerede i mange nye eksperimenter som jeg ikke har prÞvet fÞr, lavede en lillebitte test med kabeltvinding, som bare gjorde det hele ensfarvet orange og kedeligt.
SĂ„ jeg endte med at finde pĂ„ noget for mig rigtig vildt og uvant. Og selvfĂžlgelig mislykkes med begge dele, men til gengĂŠld har jeg lĂŠrt lidt af hvert. Det er lidt ĂŠrgerligt, at jeg ikke fik noget direkte brugbart ud af de fine fibre, men sĂ„dan er der sĂ„ meget….
Den ene halvdel splittede jeg op pÄ langs i en tyk og en tynd tot, som jeg sÄ forsÞgte at spinde lige lange, sÄ det, nÄr det var tvundet, ville vÊre en tyk og en tynd som fulgte samme farveforlÞb.
Det virkede ogsÄ rimeligt i teorien, bortset fra jeg ikke har spundet meget lÊnge og har en tendens til at underspinde. Fibrene er desuden superwash og meget glatte og kan ikke filtes hvis det kniber med sammenholdet! Og ja, det hele skred jo fra hinanden gang pÄ gang da jeg begyndte at sno det den anden vej, ikke?
Godt sĂ„, nĂŠste lektion bestod i at lave “coils”, kan vi kalde det fjedergarn pĂ„ dansk? Jeg spandt en tynd single, for sĂ„ tĂŠnkte jeg at det fĂŠrdige garn ikke blev sĂ„ massivt. Efter 20 cm tvinding fandt jeg sĂ„ ud af, at det ikke er en smart ide at kernen er samme tykkelse som garnet, men skal vĂŠre meget tyndere, ellers kommer der sĂ„ meget sno pĂ„ at det ikke bare ligner en fjeder pĂ„ den ene led, men at selve garnet ogsĂ„ er en grisehale. SĂ„ nu har jeg en lang tynd single i orange nuancer jeg skal have fundet pĂ„ et eller andet sjovt til!
I’ve started with the blue mix, wanted the green more after knitting the all blue sweater, but was unsure what to do. Now that I’ve progressed I can see how far the yarn type goes, so I think the green will be a jacket with some sort of thin yarn along too, I’ll have to see what I’ve got. In just 5 days I’m past the waist of my blue tunic and have used 2Âœ skeins of 6, so I think I’m good since I’m planning on short sleeves?
