Mega Post, I Guess
I am currently working on ball #3 of 6 that the "wager wool" spinning at events, demos, A&S night, and even at work. It's a calming thing, even when the drop spindle lives up to its name and drops ... again. I really should weigh what I've done so far, the tri-ply/ply as you spin go method works for me, although there is nothing that indicates it's a period technique. When plying is mentioned, it's "Z-spun, S-plied". I recall nothing of the number of plies, or of the distinctive turning that tri-ply (think a yarn made of long slip knots).
Even so, at the end of this I'll have a pound of yarn, and I'll start looking at patterns.
Moving on, at the same time I bought the pound of merino, I picked up about 3/4 of a pound of brown llama fur from a lovely fellow called "Mikado". I've tried to spin it (drop spindled more often than normal), I've tried to comb it (worse than trying to comb the cats), I finally gave up and decided to blend it with Shetland (I liked the feel of it, and the color matched well. I even gave a friend going to Rhinebeck money to buy as much Shetland roving in brown as she could. I figured I could blend it in with the llama and have something I could spin and enjoy.
She mentioned that she was going, and a fiber friend of hers offered approximately a pound of fleece (relatively) fresh off a ram named "Storm". For free, even including sheep poop.
When I saw it, the colors matched wonderfully, I'm looking forward to playing with it. But first, I have to get rid of the poop.
Even so, at the end of this I'll have a pound of yarn, and I'll start looking at patterns.
Moving on, at the same time I bought the pound of merino, I picked up about 3/4 of a pound of brown llama fur from a lovely fellow called "Mikado". I've tried to spin it (drop spindled more often than normal), I've tried to comb it (worse than trying to comb the cats), I finally gave up and decided to blend it with Shetland (I liked the feel of it, and the color matched well. I even gave a friend going to Rhinebeck money to buy as much Shetland roving in brown as she could. I figured I could blend it in with the llama and have something I could spin and enjoy.
She mentioned that she was going, and a fiber friend of hers offered approximately a pound of fleece (relatively) fresh off a ram named "Storm". For free, even including sheep poop.
When I saw it, the colors matched wonderfully, I'm looking forward to playing with it. But first, I have to get rid of the poop.