Medium Smooth yarn, multiple ply 15-30 wraps per inch
Fiber: cotton
Type: organic, commercial carded sliver
Preparation for Spinning: Sliver was torn into 6" lengths for
easy handling. No other preparation was necessary
Reason for Choice of this Sample: Readily available and
affordable for handspinners. Fiber was already dyed and the carded
sliver was easy spinning.
Type of Spinning: supported long draw
Equipment Used: bobbin flyer wheel
Direction of Twist: Z, S
Number of Plies: 3
Weight of Skein:
Finishing: Yarn
was skeined, boiled for 30 minutes, rinsed and partially dried on the
skeiner. Hung to finish drying.
Length of yarn:
Suggested Uses: This is a good knitting or
crochet weight yarn for any cotton project such as the knitted open-work
cardigan pattern from “Vogue Very Easy Knits”. I think it would be
interesting to try using this yarn for a similar style cardigan with the
body pattern constructed using macramé.