Know how you get an idea for a grand project? It’s one of those things that made sense at the time. I picked up a braid of Greenwood Fibers colorway Emily. I started with four ounces of Blue Faced Leicester. Then I got this idea that I could make a three ply yarn, using the same colorway in three different wools. They had Merino, so I picked up the Merino. I planned to get some Polworth, but they sold out and I never got around to it.
The BFL went fine. I was using one of my turks. Then I hit the merino. Merino is a project killer for me. I don’t like spinning it. It feels tedious. I don’t like the limpness of the yarn. I knew it was a mistake to buy it, but it fit in the scheme of the grand project! I lost interest. I finally did the last of the merino on my Pipy and plied it today. I kept the fibers separate and I must be missing a skein as I have about 7.15 ounces here. I’m pretty sure that I did spin all of it.
Now I have to figure out what to do with this. I do like the BFL, not crazy about the merino.
See this?
That’s from my polydactyl cat Pete. He customized some of my spinning equipment, like the big Turkish spindle and my niddy noddy. Pete passed away about two years ago, on Christmas day. He had a stroke several months before. I was able to share my prednisone with him.
Miss you, Petey (the black cat). Slobberpuss (the fold), not so much.
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