Corriedale Fingering Weight

I've finished spinning and plying 40z of the Crown Mountain Farm pencil roving in the Inspiration colorway, and am happy with the results. Details on my blog HERE.

Questions for the group, how long would it take you to 2-ply 400yds of fingering weight? What method do you use?

Fiber Stash Enhancement

I don’t want to bore the knitters on my mostly knitting blog. But y’all understand about a little fiber acquisition. I didn’t go to MDSW this year, and didn’t need to, as the fiber has been coming directly to the house.

Can a more experienced spinner please tell me how to find the time to spin all this?


Thundercloud
Black Bunny Fiber, hand-dyed Falkland roving, 8oz, Thundercloud colorway
Another image here.

Wanted to see what all the fuss is about with pencil roving.

Zorro
Crown Mountain Farm, hand-dyed Corriedale pencil roving, 8oz, Zorro colorway. Deep violet, a hint of pink at the color separation, bitter chocolate brown, warm black.


Inspiration
Crown Mountain Farm, hand-dyed Corriedale pencil roving, 8oz, Inspiration colorway. Peony pink, pale yellow, olive green, and touches of daylily orange.


Green Olives
Crown Mountain Farm, hand-dyed Corriedale pencil roving, 8oz, Green Olives colorway. Olive and grass greens with a touch of gold.


Oh. My.
Crown Mountain Farm, Cashgora top roving, 4oz. The softness is amazing, the sheen is wonderful.


Aster
Crown Mountain Farm, Dicentra Designs hand-dyed superwash merino, 8oz, Aster colorway. Baby this colorway is BRIGHT purple, green, yellow.

I have found time to spin the first half of Anne’s BFL in the Pussy Willows colorway that is hoping to become a lightweight 2-ply for some fingerless mitts for the husband. I had about 3 ¾ oz remaining after experimenting with spinning and plying 2 or 3-ply.

Waiting to become a 2-ply

And now that my extra bobbins have arrived, I set that aside and spun up the rest of the Kid Hollow BFL/mohair into a single that shows off all the slubs and nubs and bits of fiber blended in.


Along with the little sister skein, I now have about 350 yds of 14wpi DK wt singles.

So much softer in person than I can show you in a photo!

Oh, I also got a tensioned lazy kate which should help my plying efforts considerably.

Whirling around

Despite having company this weekend I did squeeze in some spinning. I pulled out some Corriedale pencil roving and had a go with it. This is the first time I've spun Corriedale and the pencil roving was quite easy to work with. I divided it into fourths by weight and plan to do a 2-ply with it.

Spinning Chocolate

Thanks to Cyndy of Riverrim for making the button with the blue and white yarn filled bobbin. You may choose to use that one or the red one. We may eventually have another button, or two for people to use.

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Remember the Corriedal Roving -- colorway Chocolate Bar -- that I start spinning last Saturday? There is now 1.4 oz spun onto the spindle. My goal is to spin 1.8 ounces for this ball then spin another 1.8 oz ball and ply from the two balls. The Turkish spindle I'm using weighs 2.4oz. I decided to spin over 3.5 ounces so there will be enough for a pair of socks.


I've been taking the spindle to school every day to hand out lunches during the Spring break (more about that on my Fiberjoy blog). One of the other women who was helping called it a turtle. A rather apt description. I think this yarn make some great looking socks.

I'm with Rhonna on wondering how seasoned spinners are able to manipulate colors the way they envision. The merino/tencel is muddier than I'd wanted because of the colors merging, which only got worse when they were plyed. Any of you who's figured out the method, please let us know what works for you.