Thursday, April 7, 2011

Fiber Play


You may remember these batts I carded up for myself awhile back, Harbinger of Spring, well I finally got a chance to spin them up! I've been doing a lot of spinning this week and I'm lovin it! Between spinning and plying, my trusty Lendrum, Mirabella, has been getting a real work out. We both needed the exercise!!!


I spun those batts into a thick and thin single, which I auto plied with a fine cream colored silk strand, then I plied it into this super coil yarn, I had a blast playing with the coils! This worked out to be 4.25 ounces/35.5 yards/Mondo-Bulky 4 wpi.

I've given myself a little more me time this week, spinning just for fun and reading, I hope you will remember to pencil in a little time to nurture your creative spirit too!

Have a wonderful weekend! Blessings friends!
Melissa
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17 comments:

  1. KellyApril 8, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    I really like the look of this coil spun yarn!

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  2. WonderWhyGalApril 8, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    I love the color and adore how it worked up when spun into coils.

    I also did a bunch of spinning. My Lendrum, Frodo, got his workout too. Every bobbin is full of singles and I've been busy plying now. Before I could ply any of my art batts, I have to finish my Briar Rose/Wonder Why yarn which is utterly amazing. One ply polyworth/one ply Suri Alpaca. Yum yum.

    Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

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  3. JanApril 8, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    Love the color, and the finished yarn is out standing. Beautiful.
    What is me time?

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  4. Helen Jacobs-GrantApril 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Oh WOW Melissa your new exciting green yarn is fabulous! I love it :)

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  5. Dutch HollowApril 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    That yarn has spunk! Love the coils.

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  6. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    Love that! I need to try my hand at coils someday (not too far off).

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  7. VivianApril 8, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Thank you for visiting my blog. Your fiber pictures are beautiful !!

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  8. LindaApril 8, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    Wow!! Gorgeous colour!!

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  9. Julie PettyApril 8, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    The batts are beautiful and you're coiled yarn is even more beautiful!

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  10. AndriaApril 8, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    I love the colour, the yarn looks great!

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  11. Voie de VieApril 8, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    I've never seen it coiled like that - very, very cool! I'll be very interested to see what you make with it.

    And, of course, the color is fabulous. :)

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  12. Spinster BethApril 8, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    The batts remind me of green apples ... I love the coiled result.

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  13. Kathryn RayApril 8, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Is it bad that the coiled yarn reminds me of worms? I hope not. I like worms... well, earthworms anyway.

    Do you have any projects made with coiled yarn? I would love to see what it looks like.

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  14. Via Verde FarmApril 8, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    I just fainted! F abuuuulousss!

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  15. Melissa PlankApril 9, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    Hi Kathryn, I love worms! If you're on Ravelry you can check out my projects there, I used a super-coil like this yarn in the Lightning Bug circular shawl, and coiled yarn in my Winter Wonder scarf and some of the scarflets. Thanks everyone for all the great comments!!!

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  16. Heather WoolloveApril 9, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    Oooooh, Melissa...I absolutely lurve that yarn!!
    ...and now I know what to call chunky, boingy yarn like that...
    'coil' yarn!
    It's fantastic and the color really makes it special! XXO-

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  17. W-S WanderingsApril 9, 2011 at 11:56 PM

    Wonderful colour and texture!

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