Show Off Your Handspun Yarns

This weekend I dyed a batch of Leicester Longwool that I'd had a while... the fiber looks marvelous!

This afternoon I tried spinning this long stuff! And I mean it is long... the shortest lengths are at least 6" long... and some are evenlonger. It wants to be spun finely... it will not go thick at all. It was so hard to spin that I tried making a rolag and that was a little bit better, but still difficult... So I just finished carding the whole pile... well it's only 10 oz. and fits into a gallon zip lock baggie...Here is the first part of the spinning I did today... this will be a very slow process.

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Permalink Reply by wendy on June 23, 2012 at 4:03pm

So will the socks fit you? Or one of the grandkids? If not, you could always felt them more and then hang them on your Christmas tree as an ornament!

I am impressed! A man who hand washes his socks!

As much as I'd love to have his clone, you don't want to send his clone here, he'd starve at my house. lol

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on June 23, 2012 at 4:16pm

Not sure they would fit anyone...plus are very stiff...no stretch left. Christmas stocking? Perfect! At least they will hold a new pair of socks (NOT alpaca)...LOL.