I’d like to start an ongoing series where I show you a fiber or a yarn and track along in pictures as it gets spun/dyed/knit/crocheted etc. into a finished item. So we’ll start with something cute!
The animal: German Angora named Gabe. (I won’t generally have pictures of the actual animal the fiber came from so this is a bonus!)
The fiber: Minimally hand carded from brushed out fur. staple length about 4″? super soft. I think these would be called rolags but I don’t really know what I’m doing so maybe not but I can spin it easier. Although it was pretty easy to spin uncarded.
The spinning: Hand spindled into a lace/light fingering weight single. Spun on a DIY afghan hook/wooden wheel spindle.
The swatch: Swatched on US size 0 needles and blocked on my swatching cork board. Spinning got a little too thin there in spots. Can’t say I actually thought I’d be using those size 0 needles. Next time remind me not to knit angora on metal needles, slippery!
And in this case the approximately 2×2 inch swatch is the final product as that’s all there was!
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Fun. Leah did this same sort of thing with a series of articles she wrote for Spindlicity online spinning magazine a few years ago (looks like the site is gone/changed now). She called the series Farm to Fabric. It was a nice way to visit some fiber farms.
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how cool! I’m looking forward to seeing more and more.
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