When Yarn Mirrors Our Mind's Picture

I've spent the past couple of evenings spinning a lovely norwegian handdyed fiber. It's been an incredibly easy spin and lent itself to lots of sampling. And sample, I did.

First, I had in my mind that I would spin yarn for socks from the 4.1 oz I had. I thought a 3-ply, actually a navaho/chain ply would be lovely to show off all the colors clearly. So that is how I started.

Not quite accurate... First, I divided my top into 2 equal pieces, each weighing 1.85 oz, leaving mw with .25 oz to play with.

So my n-plied sample was from this, and came to 22 yds. That meant (by doing all the math), that I'd only have 280-300 yds for my socks. I wanted more yardage, so changed plans to a 2-ply of the same thickness.

Here are the results. I love the finished yarn and can't wait to use it! Umm added to my project list...

(oh, and for those who remember my 2010 goal to use up my handspun yarn, I'm not doing so well, as I'm creating more faster than I'm using what I've already spun... ideas for solving this???)

Love how this yarn came out!