Lynn at YarnWench named this colorway Tree Hugger, but it has made me a yarn hugger. I love this yarn. It's super soft and squooshy and the colors are awesome. Ok, maybe I haven't actually hugged the yarn, but I have squeezed it and stared at it plenty. Plus, I gave it its yarn photoshoot:
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You can click on any of the pictures to see them larger. Also, there are more pics in my flickr photostream.
I spun up these singles similarly to the Sheep 2 Shoe kit, but if I could do it over again, I probably wouldn't. The difference between the two rovings is that the Sheep 2 Shoe roving repeats (quite a bit), whereas this roving did not. So I think that maybe I should have split the roving into say 6 strips and then spun 2 of those strips onto each bobbin, or perhaps been less methodical about it. Navajo plying also might have been fun, but I do like the barber-poling created by plying 3 singles together instead. In fact, I did a poor job of having an even number of singles on each bobbin so I Navajo-plyed the singles from the 2 bobbins that had singles left on them. I still like it, but it's a very different product because there isn't as much mixing of color.
This skein is about 260 yards and it's a little thicker than the Rooster Rock yarn, but I will still probably make socks out of it. I haven't weighed it yet as it was still a little wet and I forgot to weigh it before I did the finishing.
Your handspun yarn looks so squishy and huggable. I love the colors too- they are toned down and colorful at the same time!
Posted by: Illanna at January 9, 2007 1:29 PMI don't know how you do it! (literally) But really! Gorgeous!!!
Posted by: Carol at January 9, 2007 2:10 PMI LOVE IT!!! It looks great. I can't wait to see it! Yay, spinning!
Posted by: Margit at January 9, 2007 6:45 PMMost of what you wrote was way over my head.
I AM NOT a spinner! All I know is that yarn is gorgeous!! I love the colors and combinations...and then I went to the post before this one...more delicious yarn!
Oh, I like the barber-pole effect as well. And, as always, nicely done my dear. Nicely done indeed.
Posted by: G. Knerd at January 9, 2007 11:50 PMvery very nice. such subtle colors - you are going to have bunches of great handspun socks!
Posted by: stacey at January 10, 2007 6:53 AMNormally I'm not a big fan of the barber pole effect, but the colors in your yarn are so harmonious that in this case it looks fantastic! It should make great socks.
Posted by: Denise in Kent, WA at January 10, 2007 7:15 AMYour yarn posts always make me laugh - a yarn photoshoot indeed! Still, it is as always completely gorgeous and I can't wait to see what it looks like knitted up.
Posted by: anushka at January 10, 2007 10:58 AMUm, the link went to yarnhugger.com, not yarnwench.com. The yarn is beautiful and I can't wait to see what becomes of it.
Posted by: E to the M at January 11, 2007 7:22 AMI love your yarn pictures. They make me feel that all warm and comfy and knitty.
Posted by: Pauline at January 11, 2007 8:38 AMOoooh, I keep coming to peek at your spinning then I go over to the link (you enabler!)- good thing! most are sale pending! What wonderfully warm colors here.
ps- I think you should definitely think of doing something along the line of an online shop - gotta say, you got the talent and the eye! (& probably a few customers here commenting!)
Posted by: Terry at January 11, 2007 6:24 PMKudos on the amazing photography here and the amazing knitting work.
Posted by: Brian at January 11, 2007 7:19 PMBeautiful! Love the yarn. You should hug it. I would hug it!
Posted by: Shannon at January 12, 2007 7:18 AMOh God. Between last Friday's pr0n and this entry, I'm a happy voyeur. I MUST get me some Vera. And wow, handspun! It does look oh so squooshy!
Posted by: turtlegirl76 at January 12, 2007 10:42 AM