Ants in My Pants

Finally!

I had started this spin, probably two spin-ins ago. But, I just finished it today and I had to show you!

It's my second ever cable yarn! :) What do you think?

If you can remember, a cabled yarn is two 2-ply yarns combined into one 4-ply yarn. The two 2-ply yarns have to be overspun in order to have enough twist for the 4-ply. See those bobbins above? I snapped that right before spinning up the cabled yarn. That's some tight yarn!

This time I actually took the time to be sure the yarn was a bit more consistent than the first attempt. Doesn't mean perfect, of course. Just means this one has less irregularity, I think. I was so excited to try it the first time, I kind of threw the consistency idea by the wayside, lol. This time, I made the extra effort. Not sure which I'm more attracted to yet though. Sometimes, I really like the look of yarn that has been more obviously touched by the hand…other times, I like a yarn that is closer to your standard, all-purpose yarn. What's that about?!

Geez. As usual, this still needs to be washed. It would be better to show you after a wash and the yarn has relaxed into its twist. This, I do know. What I don't know is why I always have to show you these things the second I'm done, lol.

But, look! It's yarn!!

Comments

  1. Julia M. says:

    Woah! So great!
    I think both results are great and have their advantages – if you see immediately that it’s not industrially made, you underline the unique, “truly-one-of-a-kind”-aspect. On the other hand, if it is very even and can be “mistaken” for “company-yarn”, it shows off a lot of your skill …

    But both are really wonderful :D congratulations!

  2. Tina says:

    Beautiful!

  3. cleo14 says:

    The colours are so pretty! I think it looks great.

  4. Maria says:

    Beautiful, the colors looks so yummy…

  5. Elizabeth says:

    That is gorgeous! Of course you should show it off!!

  6. Emily says:

    Beeeeautiful.

  7. Yay for yarn! That’s just super duper prettiness.

  8. alpacasoup says:

    yayy, glad it’s finally done! Love how it came out :) I’ve always meant to try spinning a cabled yarn and never got around to it, maybe you’ll inspire me to finally get to it!

    • I really like it! But it does take a minute to get a final yarn…You know me. I want to microwave it and have a new pretty to look at, lol! I must get some meditational music in my life or something.

  9. Libby says:

    Stunning work as always. :-)

    • Thanks, Libby! I’m really excited by these colors. Don’t even know what I am going to make with this (actually, I don’t think I ever know exactly…but that’s beside the point ;) ). Whatever it is, it’s going to have to be good! :)

  10. your spun yarn makes me drool!

Trackbacks

  1. [...] from a fiber artist, I know what I'm getting, and I can get right to the spinning (like in the cabled yarns). Case in point, I don't necessarily know I can use this for the legwarmers. But, I can use it [...]

Leave a reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: