I am sure I am not alone in having numerous small samples of hand spun yarn or commercial yarn left overs from major projects. I have recently started a great pattern for using them up. This scarf is an easy fun knit, uses up odds and ends and looks great. I made one a few years… Continue reading Odds and Ends Scarf
Month: May 2020
Blooming
The photos are of some softly spun spiral plied yarn that bloomed by 40%, the cardboard bobbins show fine tightly spun 3 ply that bloomed by 7.5% Background Hand spun yarn blooms, becomes thicker and shorter, when it is finished (washed, thwacked, steamed etc). This effect is rarely mentioned in books though Ann Field takes… Continue reading Blooming
