This is some yarn I just finished in another attempt to create a fingering weight three-ply yarn. It’s two plies of some merino/silk from a top preparation and one of a ‘mystery fiber’ I got a while back for free from the Copper Moose when I purchased a drum carder from them. The latter fiber is really soft, and I’m assuming it’s some type of wool, but I’m really not quite sure.
Again, I didn’t quite get this as fine as I wanted. It is about 13 wraps per inch, about the same as my last attempt at a fingering weight yarn, but it’s definitely an improvement in that it’s more consistently plied. I think the problem this time was that although the merino/silk plies were about the right thickness, the ‘mystery fiber’ ply was a bit too thick.
I’ll make another attempt at spinning a fingering weight three-ply soon. Third try’s a charm, right?
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That is really nice. What ply did you manage? I am not sure how I will efer manage to spin thinner. Imust practice more.
Thanks! It’s a 3-ply, about sport weight.
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