In Which the Pirate Spins.

A friend sent me a braid of Corriedale from Into the Whirled, in one of their Firefly-themed colourways. This one is called “The Verse” and it’s all sorts of colours – blues and purples, greens and yellows, oranges and tans.

My original thought was to try a fractal spin with it, as that’s a technique I’ve been curious about for a while, but then I opened up the braid and thought… you know what, I would really prefer not to mix up purples and blues with yellows and oranges. So instead, I’m spinning a medium-thick singles with the plan to chain-ply and keep the colour progression in stripes.

Considering how tight some of my other handspun is, I’m trying to keep this one a little less twisty. Hopefully that will result in a softer, more drapey yarn when I’m done.