Spindlitis

First up, my cool new tool. It’s a plying stick.

I learned about these on Sarah Swett’s site. It’s like a nostepinne and replaces the plying ball. The ridges hold the ball on the stick. You wrap the singles together on the stick, just like you would with a nosty. Then you ply off it. This one is walnut. And here’s the link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/262781967/plying-wandstick-made-to-order?ref=shop_home_active_2

She also makes lovely tapestry bobbins and nostepinnes.

Next up is some finished yarn. I posted this on Rav. This is the spindle spun fractal, Three Waters Farm colorway Spring By Way in Finn.

I divided the fiber in half, then split one of those into four sections horizontally. I put each piece in a bag, labeled AA to AD. The second section was split into four long vertical. These went into the bag, after the first four were spun. It was easy to see which color to start with since these all started at the same end. Next up, the two singles wrapped on a ply ball, in the correct order:

Finally, the plied yarn. I plied this on the new Bosworth Maxi.

No idea what I’ll make with this but the colorway is wonderful.

I also plied up some Bam Huey. I received a sample of this with a Jenkins spindle. I like it, so ordered 4 ounces. I believe it’s BFL. This is another project that disappeared for awhile. The main part had felted slightly and the pieces I’d spun  were out of order. So it’s not a great looking gradient.

And I’m spinning up two ounces of dyed Corriedale. They call this teal, but it’s more sea green to me. This is the Bosworth cherry skinny maxi. I have found that I love the skinnies!

Last is Hipstring’s Flannel Jammie on my Bosworth butternut skinny midi. I don’t normally like merino, but this is really a nice blend. I think the colors are perfect.

I am getting closer to starting the sweater project. Still trying the new tools out and I have one more spindle order to place. And I am working on something new for this site. More on that to follow.