In Which the Pirate Finishes Spinning a Yarn.

Eight (oops) years ago, I bought eight ounces of soft Corriedale roving with silk carded into it, thinking that I would make an airy tweedy yarn. Then I realized that I didn’t know the first thing about how to spin woolen, and I didn’t want to “ruin” the fibre by spinning yarn that wasn’t what I wanted. But now I *do* (sort of) know what I’m doing, and so here’s almost 300 yards of soft, tweedy, two-ply yarn that is destined to become a new pair of Fleeps.

The bits of silk were a fun spinning challenge; I had to draft more carefully, and sometimes stop treadling and draft them out separately, to keep them from making big blurps in the finished yarn. It was worth the effort, for sure. The yarn is fairly even and I think it will knit up well.

From afar, the yarn looks like a heathered gray… but up close, it’s easy to see the pink, yellow, blue, and purple pieces. I’m really very happy with how this has turned out! It will probably floof up a little more once it’s washed, and then I’ll probably give it some good thwacks against the side of the tub to full it a bit before knitting.

I’d like my next Fleeps to be extra-warm, so I’m spinning this silk that I bought in May to use as a mitten lining. Switching between a quick magical long-draw for the Corriedale and a slow short forward draw for the silk was an interesting mental shift to make! The plan is to chain-ply it at a tight twist, and hopefully that will keep it from shedding too much against my fingers.