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So it wasn't quite three even pieces.
May. 2nd, 2010 10:44 pmA little hiccup in the plying this evening...
This is the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sheep to Shoe that is supposed to be a 3-ply sock yarn. I had divided the roving into what looked like three equal chunks of roughly the same color sequences. One bobbin was spun straight through for the longest possible color lengths. One bobbin was spun from the roving divided into thirds lengthwise. The last one was spun from roving divided into ninths for the shortest color changes. I've been working on this stuff since before we moved to our Cottage three years ago.
After breaking my plying wheel (took a few weeks to get it fixed), tangling the singles so badly I had to throw away a huge section, then spinning a good two ounces backwards today, I finally got things going right -- after wresting the singles out of Logan's jaws and banishing all cats from the office for the evening.
It's always a gamble when you're plying anything from more than one bobbin. Having everything come out evenly with just two bobbins is close to a miracle. Three even bobbins would be more than the universe could bear without exploding.
So I have two bobbins full of 3-ply yarn, and one bobbin full of 2-ply yarn. Part of that 2-ply yarn is the last bobbin plied onto itself. It was kind enough to not have a large color section plied to itself until the very last eight inches, so it doesn't look too different. I'll let them rest on the bobbins tonight, then skein them up tomorrow night and throw them in a bath to even out the twist energy.
Two good things: It's finally done, and I didn't make the universe explode.
This is the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sheep to Shoe that is supposed to be a 3-ply sock yarn. I had divided the roving into what looked like three equal chunks of roughly the same color sequences. One bobbin was spun straight through for the longest possible color lengths. One bobbin was spun from the roving divided into thirds lengthwise. The last one was spun from roving divided into ninths for the shortest color changes. I've been working on this stuff since before we moved to our Cottage three years ago.
After breaking my plying wheel (took a few weeks to get it fixed), tangling the singles so badly I had to throw away a huge section, then spinning a good two ounces backwards today, I finally got things going right -- after wresting the singles out of Logan's jaws and banishing all cats from the office for the evening.
It's always a gamble when you're plying anything from more than one bobbin. Having everything come out evenly with just two bobbins is close to a miracle. Three even bobbins would be more than the universe could bear without exploding.
So I have two bobbins full of 3-ply yarn, and one bobbin full of 2-ply yarn. Part of that 2-ply yarn is the last bobbin plied onto itself. It was kind enough to not have a large color section plied to itself until the very last eight inches, so it doesn't look too different. I'll let them rest on the bobbins tonight, then skein them up tomorrow night and throw them in a bath to even out the twist energy.
Two good things: It's finally done, and I didn't make the universe explode.
