Sweet Georgia “PANDA” Sitka (2015)
May 5, 2015 - No Comments
Fibre: Sweet Georgia Yarns “panda” — 60% sw merino, 30% bamboo viscose, 10% nylon. Sitka colourway. 100g of fibre.
Yarn: 3-ply: 222yds, chain-ply: 23yds
Method: Wheel spun with short-forward-draw
Completed: May 5, 2015.
This was my first effort at short forward draw, a result of starting to watch some online spinning lessons. It is indeed remarkable how much drape the resulting yarn has, and sheen. Compare, especially, to the fluffy, non-shiny braid I started with.
Larger skein is the 3-ply, smaller is chain-plied.
Chain-ply skein lounging on 3-ply skein
Close up, with labels. Larger skein is the 3-ply, smaller is chain-plied.
Larger skein is the 3-ply, smaller is chain-plied.
Closeup -- chain-plied compared to 3ply
Closeup -- chain-plied compared to 3ply
Cake! Cake of 3-ply yarn.
Close up of resulting skeins.
Closer up of resulting skeins, indoors.
Close up of resulting skeins, indoors.
Close up of resulting skeins, indoors.
This is close enough you can almost see the difference between regular 3-ply and the chain-ply (which gets 3 plies by folding back on itself.
Originating braid, with label.
Close up of originating braid, with label.
Close up of originating braid.
Bren contemplates the unbraided fibre.
Can you hear him giggle? I hear him giggle as he contemplates The Fuzzy Stuff :-)
Fibre, another view.
Three plies!
Plying 3 plies.
Bren explores the wheel
Jago explores the wheel
Boys like toys
Plying, 3 plies.
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