I wanted to play with something more textural on the blending board for spinning. I know that my wheel can't really do bulky art yarn so couldn't go too overboard with stuffing things in. The original intention was to make rolags but I ended up making a sort of faux mini batt accidentally.
It contains Blue Faced Leicester wool, rose fibre, coral pink merino wool and mixed purple-y sari silk bits.
It definitely did not make for even singles, but that's what I was going for. I made one bobbin full, wound a ball and plied it with itself. It's beautifully thick and thin, though it didn't come out quite like I imagined it would. I did enjoy the experiment!
It does have a certain charm, the rose fibre stranded throughout gives it a pearlescent quality and the sari bits are adding some texture. I like the effect but I think the pink is slightly wrong. I might try dyeing it? Never tried dying before - first time for everything!
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