Fiber:  Bison

Type:  de-haired Buffalo commercial top

Preparation for Spinning:  Top was carded into rolags using fine hand cards.  This loosened the compressed fiber and smoothed the irregular draft.

Reason for Choice of this Sample:  This fiber has only recently become more available to the average spinner and the shorter staple was well suited to this equipment requirement.

Type of Spinning:  short forward draw

Equipment Used:  Spindolyn™ supported spindle

Direction of Twist:  Z

Number of Plies:  singles

Weight of Skein: 

Finishing:  Yarn was wound onto a skeiner, washed in detergent to remove processing oils, rinsed and dried on the skeiner.

Length of yarn: 

Suggested Uses: I would not recommend this particular skein for any hard wearing project.  The short fibers are likely to pill in this soft spun yarn.  This yarn could be used for a scarf. However, if I could weave well enough, I would use it for weft in a sofa throw with a variegated merino warp. 

    

       

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