Get a miniSpinner, if only for the plying
This week I learned the true value of the Hansen miniSpinner: super amazingly fast plying.
Sometime in November I started spinning 24 oz of fiber (first blogged 23 November) - 16 oz of Portuguese Merino in the "Silt" colorway,
and 8 oz of Parritch Targhee.
Last Friday, I finished the third and final bobbin (the Targhee), making it just about 2 months for spinning the whole 24 oz. Yesterday, I finished plying the last of the combo, making it less then a week for plying 24 oz of fiber (!):
Here it is in all its glory:
And in extensive, close up detail...
Clearly the miniSpinner is da bomb (and speedy!) for plying. Truly!
These big squooshy skeins are still a bit damp, and the small final leftovers/swatching skein still needs a bath. I'll update with yardage/wpi/grist statistics when I've figure it all out. Have a good weekend!
Sometime in November I started spinning 24 oz of fiber (first blogged 23 November) - 16 oz of Portuguese Merino in the "Silt" colorway,
and 8 oz of Parritch Targhee.
Last Friday, I finished the third and final bobbin (the Targhee), making it just about 2 months for spinning the whole 24 oz. Yesterday, I finished plying the last of the combo, making it less then a week for plying 24 oz of fiber (!):
Here it is in all its glory:
And in extensive, close up detail...
Clearly the miniSpinner is da bomb (and speedy!) for plying. Truly!
These big squooshy skeins are still a bit damp, and the small final leftovers/swatching skein still needs a bath. I'll update with yardage/wpi/grist statistics when I've figure it all out. Have a good weekend!