Green with envy
What's a poor stashaholic to do when her friend keeps posting pictures of a lush and verdant Houston. Especially when said stashaholic is stuck in 15 (count them 15) days in a row of -30C weather.
One gets subtle revenge against mother nature by dyeing yarn to match said photos. I got so excited and involved in the project that I forgot to take before pictures. I used an acid dye kit from Hello Yarn, some South African Top, and mixed and matched the blue and yellow dye until I got the green. I thought that it was going to be too dark, but when I drafted it, the colour separated and became exactly the green I'd envisioned.
Nature's bounty
Ready to microwave - 3 minutes/side on high
Ohhhhhhh pretty
Definitely green with envy.
While I love the colours, I wasn't all that thrilled with my actual spinning effort - the singles kept breaking when I was plying them. I'm not sure if they were too thin, too underspun or what. I've ordered a scotch tension modification doohickey and some new bobbins. I'm hoping this will help with the tension a bit. The yarns I've spun thicker have no issues whatsoever, it's just that I'm trying to get this as thin as I can. The final result was sportweight - 18 WPI.
Even if it wasn't perfect, neither is Mother Nature. I just know that looking at this yarn makes me smile and hope that the Wiarton Willie was right and that spring is around the corner. It's been a long 2 months!
So what have I decided to name this yarn (yes my compulsion to name everything is running amok again)....
Houston.
What else could it ever be?
One gets subtle revenge against mother nature by dyeing yarn to match said photos. I got so excited and involved in the project that I forgot to take before pictures. I used an acid dye kit from Hello Yarn, some South African Top, and mixed and matched the blue and yellow dye until I got the green. I thought that it was going to be too dark, but when I drafted it, the colour separated and became exactly the green I'd envisioned.
Nature's bounty
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| From Spin |
Ready to microwave - 3 minutes/side on high
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| From Spin |
Ohhhhhhh pretty
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| From Spin |
Definitely green with envy.
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| From Spin |
While I love the colours, I wasn't all that thrilled with my actual spinning effort - the singles kept breaking when I was plying them. I'm not sure if they were too thin, too underspun or what. I've ordered a scotch tension modification doohickey and some new bobbins. I'm hoping this will help with the tension a bit. The yarns I've spun thicker have no issues whatsoever, it's just that I'm trying to get this as thin as I can. The final result was sportweight - 18 WPI.
Even if it wasn't perfect, neither is Mother Nature. I just know that looking at this yarn makes me smile and hope that the Wiarton Willie was right and that spring is around the corner. It's been a long 2 months!
So what have I decided to name this yarn (yes my compulsion to name everything is running amok again)....
Houston.
What else could it ever be?
mmmmmm...houston.... I love it!! You did such a fantastic job!
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Well with you as an inspiration, how could I fail?
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That looks great!!
Congratulations on your new yarn. I'm a new spinner too and it's so fun to see other's handspun yarn.
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WOW, the yarn is just like made for me! Love it.
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Great yarn!
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love the various shades of greens and yellows in that yarn, just like those in nature itself
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