Fiber Club October 2014

This month I received my first fiber club from Sidi's.

The name of the colorway is "Autumn Leaves" and this describes it perfectly:

50% Polwarth / 50% Tussah Silk

(dyed by the wonderful Swiss handdyer Sidi)

She dyed the roving in a "palindromic" sequence, from golden yellow over orange to red and back.

So I have spun the roving from one end to the other into a fine single to then ply both ends of the single together out of a ball. I thought this should keep the gradient a bit (because of the symmetrical dyeing), but not too much, to give a little bit of the "barber-pole" effect.

plying ball: one piece of single comes from outside, one from inside the cake

Here's how it turned out - 106 grams, 373 meters (Yippie! Fingering weight was my goal!)
Super soft and shiny thanks to the 50% of silk.

I'm already so curious what the colors of the next month will be!

Robin Hoodie finished!

After many months of knitting I finally managed to finish the Robin Hoodie.
On a beautiful walk through the botanical garden of Zurich last weekend, I took some pictures of Gabriel wearing it :)

The yarn used for this was Lang Yarns Cashmere Tweed (35% cashmere, 65% merino extrafine). It took me 1170 meters, and I made the size "Robin Hood" (described in the pattern). It really pays off to knit (and wash) a gauge before starting this sweater :)

Artsy spiral yarn

I spun my Plum Pie Gradient Roving to a fluffy semi-woolen single (long draw from combed top) and then plied it with a silk thread, while holding the silk thread straight and tight and the woolen single at an angle of 90 degrees to give the spirals.

107 grams, 190 meters, 100% Merino 16 microns