🌎 Mother Earth ~ version 2

 It might seem that all I have been doing lately is spinning but it's more a case of tidying up and getting projects wrapped and done.    To clear my desk off !  😁🧶

A few years ago now I bought some lovely spinning top from an Etsy shop called Beesybee  and loved the fibre blend of merino and mulberry silk and the vibrant blue / green shades in the top.    I ordered a second batch and then found I had to keep the two batches separate as there was a real colour variation between them.    Disappointing but taught me that I need to order what I want versus going 'economical'   😉

So Mother Earth version 2 gave me, between the 4 skeins,  a total of 324 grams or 11.4 ounces of 2 ply yarn. There is  644.5 metres or 709 yards total.   I have never been a knitter and so unfamiliar with the various knitting weights but I would call this a heavy lace weight.    

Then again, I could be all wrong! 

Okay.... all my spinning is caught up and I promise the next posts will be weaving related.   I have four scarves waiting for their time in front of a camera and a debut here.   📸 

Shades of Scotland

Finished up on April 6th, otherwise known as "Tartan Day".... this fiber colour way by Beesy Bee Fibers (on Etsy)  called  "Scotland". It's a blend of merino and tussah silk and yummy soft.

Wouldn't you fall for this too?  💕😁

So I ordered 450 grams  and have been spinning this off and on for 18 months.   Seems there are some 'thorns' in the Scottish heather. The two fibers of silk and merino don't mingle all that well and both have different length staples.  So it was more of a grudge match and one I was determined to win.     So I'd weave a bobbin of this 'highland heathen' and then spin up something that wanted to play nice.    And repeat until it was all done.     Sort of a carrot and stick approach  (to me 😳🥕 )

I was able to keep it consistently fine, with cussing as a sauce.    I had some nice compliments on it at the recent guild meeting and one member was sympathetic when he heard the fiber mix and said it must have been a long road...

So spun up on my Hansen Mini Pro as a lace weight  2 ply yarn. Washed in scent free soap and then skeined up when dry.

The 🇨🇦 dime for  context.

Then I used my swift, ball winder and yardage meter  to run it through into cakes and get the mileage.

The totals are:  (for all)  412 grams or 14.4 ounces.    991.42 yards or 901.2 meters

.... and for sale in my Etsy shop as one batch.    😊

Busy Bee 🐝 Mother Earth

To close out October (where did the month go? 😳 )  .... some spinning show and tell for you.  This pretty fibre came from  "Beesybee Fibers" on Etsy. They have some gorgeous colour ways and quick shipping.

 

It was a lovely spin up with very high quality fibre.  This has a fine micron wool blended with silk.  Some other colours may have fallen into the shopping cart too.   Oops... 😁

All washed up and some were made into cakes for convenience.... and a skein as it's a classic. 

Now that I'm back weaving, I'm spinning less but enjoy the time on the Hansen very much. No regrets buying this e-spinner one bit.