June 24, 2007
Fabulousness
Finally! This photo is the first of 2 skeins, before I set the twist. I lurve it. I can’t stop petting it. Or looking at it. This may be my most favorite handspun of all time.
Here’s the twins. The cake is the first skein off the bobbin, it is 3oz, 210 yds. The 2nd skein is also 3oz, but I haven’t measured out the yardage yet. I started with 6oz of Superwash Merino, and somehow, magically, I managed to get each skein to be 3oz on the nose. That makes me happy.
Dime for scale. I’m getting 15 wpi, so this about a sportweight yarn. I’ll be knitting my socks on 2.75mm (US2) needles.
Filed by Julia at 1:56 pm under General,Spinning
29 Comments
What awesome color. Great job!!
Wow, that is some awesome handspun! Where was the roving from?
gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. all this hanspun floating around the web – i have GOT to get my hands on some. my fingers are itching!
Yummy! The colors are incredible.
Wow wow wow! That might be my favorite handspun of all time too!
Just beautiful!
Oooooooooh. Gorgeous!
Awesome! That is going to make a fabulous pair of socks. Can’t wait to see the FO.
It looks fabulous. To me, it has a similar appearance to the recycled sari silk yarn that has been all the rage.
It’s wonderful – I can’t wait to see how it knits up!
i LOVE it! the colors, the twist/ply, the fact you made twins! so so awesome, julia!
FABULOUS! Almost makes me want to learn to spin….but not quite…marvelous!
Oh, gawd, Julia — that is AWESOME!
That is beautiful. I love the colors!!
That is amazing!!!!!
The colors and texture are amazing! What and awesome job you did!
Amazing! What wonderful colors and great spinning! Looking forward to your socks!
Beautiful! I would be so excited to start knitting with that. I’m always impressed with beautiful handspun. It’s probably why I keep spinning my own. It never fails to be magical.
I cannot wait to see that gorgeous yarn knit up!
Wow, those are going to be some amazing socks! Great job on the spinning, the yarn looks awesome!
Scrumptious! I love the colors – it looks like it will be so much fun to knit with!
Gorgeous! Amazingly Gorgeous! I can NOT wait to see how it knits up!
Great job! Love the color!
Omigawd it’s *fabulous*….!
This is awesome! Mind if I link?
Love love love LOVE it! those are some awesome colours and you plied them together in a very interestin gway.
I LOVE this! I think I may have to put this on my computer as a scren saver! It’s just yummy! Great Job!
Gorgeous! Can’t wait to see how it looks knit up!
Mmmmmm – That IS fabulous! Drool-worthy, in fact. Those colors – and it looks so squoonchy – I wants to sqeeze it
Would you be willing to share your source? Is it purchased, hand-dyed?