Tenth Doctor "pinstripe" yarn (aka, "When you give a geek a spindle . . .")
So, I was looking at my spinnable fibers, and realized that I had some brown and some pale blue wool.
The brown is natural-color alpaca, a gift from countessaleska 's daughter-in-law, who has a drum-carder; the blue is commercial Blue-faced Leicster top, indigo dyed by me (using a modern chemical process; the pale color is the result of having been dunked when the dye bath was approaching exhaustion).
I've been experimenting with triple-plying yarn, so this is 2 brown singles and one blue, plied together for a "pinstripe" effect. I'm pretty pleased with how evenly it went together, especially since I was combining two different fibers. Mini!Ten approves, too, though, as he points out, he was wearing the wrong suit today to show off the matching effect. ;)
Unfortunately, even with the macro setting in place, the digital camera just couldn't help but be distracted by the lovely, artistically textured wood paneling in the background. *eyeroll* When I got in closer, though, I was able to get a nice focus on the yarn itself:
So far, most of the brown alpaca has been made into single-color triple-ply of this size. I intend, at some point, to turn its lovely softness into a nice, snuggly hat. I figure I can turn this little spinning side-trip into a decorative band or some such, for contrast. Geeky fun that's practical in the end, yay! :D
(x-posted to crafty_tardis and fandom_spinning). Normally I keep the geekiness under the fandom filter, but since this has material of interest to the historical crowd, too (namely handspinning results), I figured I'd be able to risk an open post without boring anyone too much.
ETA: The logical sequel to my Captain Jack yarn and my TARDIS-blue yarn, really . . .
The brown is natural-color alpaca, a gift from countessaleska 's daughter-in-law, who has a drum-carder; the blue is commercial Blue-faced Leicster top, indigo dyed by me (using a modern chemical process; the pale color is the result of having been dunked when the dye bath was approaching exhaustion).
I've been experimenting with triple-plying yarn, so this is 2 brown singles and one blue, plied together for a "pinstripe" effect. I'm pretty pleased with how evenly it went together, especially since I was combining two different fibers. Mini!Ten approves, too, though, as he points out, he was wearing the wrong suit today to show off the matching effect. ;)
Unfortunately, even with the macro setting in place, the digital camera just couldn't help but be distracted by the lovely, artistically textured wood paneling in the background. *eyeroll* When I got in closer, though, I was able to get a nice focus on the yarn itself:
So far, most of the brown alpaca has been made into single-color triple-ply of this size. I intend, at some point, to turn its lovely softness into a nice, snuggly hat. I figure I can turn this little spinning side-trip into a decorative band or some such, for contrast. Geeky fun that's practical in the end, yay! :D
(x-posted to crafty_tardis and fandom_spinning). Normally I keep the geekiness under the fandom filter, but since this has material of interest to the historical crowd, too (namely handspinning results), I figured I'd be able to risk an open post without boring anyone too much.
ETA: The logical sequel to my Captain Jack yarn and my TARDIS-blue yarn, really . . .