During the last dye-a-thon, this was one of the dyed tops.
The colors are a bit of a departure for me, and I was excited to get it to the wheel.
It spun up SO smoothly and Blueface Leicester is a real joy to work with.
The colors in this moved and shifted and recombined to create other colors. I was hoping for pastel, and got something much more beautiful.
Yarn Details-
Color: Pastel
Fiber Source: My own hand painted Merino wool
Fiber Content: 100% BFL, imported from England
Spun on: Schacht Matchless Spinning Wheel
Yardage: 640 yards
Finished Weight:5oz
WPI: 25
Ply: 2
I know, this was SUPPOSED to be pastel, and it’s not. Ah, well, maybe next time.
Joanne
Very, very pretty!
Jun 08, 2009 @ 1:29 am
jackie
Amazing colour shift! I never would have guessed!
Jun 08, 2009 @ 6:27 am
textillian
That is quite the change. I never would have guessed that is how the roving would have spun up. It is beautiful!
Jun 08, 2009 @ 6:50 am
marj.
I think perhaps you’re just not a pastel-ly kind of a guy. Beautiful.
Jun 08, 2009 @ 7:13 am
Leslie
Nice job – as usual. Amazing how colors can fool you sometimes, isn’t it?
I had my sunglasses on this morning but didn’t need them on your main page. What happened?
Jun 08, 2009 @ 7:20 am
Benita
Once again, it has been proven that you cannot tell what a yarn is going to look like by the roving. That is QUITE a difference. What was on the bobbin looked like it came from that roving, but not the finished yarn. Twice the color enjoyment from one bit of fiber – or, actually three times, because…What will it look like woven? Hmmmm……
Jun 08, 2009 @ 7:34 am
Dot
That electric blue is especially surprising, but looking at the roving again it was a bright colour. I think better of pastels shades now I know they can turn out like this.
Jun 08, 2009 @ 8:15 am
LaurieM
A veritable success! Does it encourage you to push outside your comfort zone again?
Jun 08, 2009 @ 11:12 am
Mary Lynn
You may have been trying for pastel, but you ended up with luscious. It is really a beautiful combination of colors.
Jun 08, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
Kathie Kelleher
Now, I never would’ve predicted the final yarn came from that pastel fiber.
Are you some kind of magician/alchemist or something?!
It sure is pretty.
Was this the fiber that you were going to weave Miss Lulu a blanket from?
Jun 08, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
Judi
I am not surprised by the intensity of the colors, they were pretty intense in the roving, but I am surprised at how much darker the yarn is.
Jun 08, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
holli
It really came out so very nice. I never cease to be amazed (as a non-dyer/spinner) of how the colors change from one process to the next. This one came out so different but very lovely.
Jun 09, 2009 @ 7:06 am
Roxie
Not enough white in the roving to equal pastel in the yarn. You just can’t help getting saturated, can you? Very pretty!
Jun 10, 2009 @ 8:15 am