Well, hello!

It’s been a bright sunny day and, as usual, I’ve been filling it up to the brim.  I got home a short while ago, and the sun was still shining (albeit slowly setting), so I grabbed my chance to photograph the latest spinning on my wheel.  (My last attempt at taking a photo outside a few days ago resulting in my wheel being snowed on!)

sari

It’s spun Sari ribbon.  It’s linen, instead of the more usual silk, which as you may know I avoid because I’m a vegetarian.

I spun the ribbon around a core of wool – creating the core as I went (so basically I used coreless core spinning for this – with the wrapping “fibre” being the ribbon).  I then plied it to get a softer texture.  The last few feet didn’t fit on the bobbin, but I was still able to add the necessary twist to finish the yarn.  I really want to call it a braid as it’s so chunky.

The Sari ribbon was from my friend FibreTastic who was able to source me a couple of skeins of linen, rather than the silk.

While I was in the garden I spotted that one of my auriculas was in flower.  I finally potted these up this year, after many years of neglect, and I’m enjoying how they are looking this spring:

auricula