Friday, January 25, 2013

Get a miniSpinner, if only for the plying

This week I learned the true value of the Hansen miniSpinner: super amazingly fast plying.

Sometime in November I started spinning 24 oz of fiber (first blogged 23 November) - 16 oz of Portuguese Merino in the "Silt" colorway,
Silt Portuguese Merino

and 8 oz of Parritch Targhee.
Parritch Targhee

Last Friday, I finished the third and final bobbin (the Targhee), making it just about 2 months for spinning the whole 24 oz. Yesterday, I finished plying the last of the combo, making it less then a week for plying 24 oz of fiber (!):
Dirty Porridge Portuguese Merino-Targhee
Here it is in all its glory:
Dirty Porridge Portuguese Merino-Targhee
And in extensive, close up detail...
Dirty Porridge Portuguese Merino-Targhee
Dirty Porridge Portuguese Merino-Targhee
Dirty Porridge Portuguese Merino-Targhee
Dirty Porridge Portuguese Merino-Targhee
Clearly the miniSpinner is da bomb (and speedy!) for plying. Truly!

These big squooshy skeins are still a bit damp, and the small final leftovers/swatching skein still needs a bath. I'll update with yardage/wpi/grist statistics when I've figure it all out. Have a good weekend!

1 comment:

Alli said...

Fabulous marl on that yarn! Can't wait to see what you're going to make with it!