Special effect yarn, either singles or plied, featuring the amount
of twist as design factor
Fiber: Wool
Type: Dyed commercial wool top
Preparation for Spinning: top was torn into pieces and carded
using a drumcarder in a random color order. Batts were torn into
strips and carded again feeding horizontal to the original carding pass.
Finished batts were finger drafted into sliver.
Reason for Choice of this Sample: This blend consists of every
color top from my fiber stash. It is medium soft, good color
fastness and super easy spinning.
Type of Spinning: short backward draw
Equipment Used: bobbin flyer wheel, drumcarder
Direction of Twist: Z
Number of Plies: singles
Weight of Skein:
Finishing: Yarn
was wound onto a skeiner
and removed immediately. Yarn was not washed or steamed so there
would be no relaxation of twist
Length of yarn:
Suggested Uses: This yarn was spun with a scarf in mind using
a pattern from Spin-Off magazine. This yarn could also be used for
some of the entrelac sweater and hat patterns using energized singles
(ala Kathryn Alexander.
