B spent almost ALL DAY playing with her Ello construction set while her brothers played Meccano... luckily for me at the time littlest Unconventional G was sleeping ~dance~ Which meant once I got my work prepared for tonight I got to play with fibre...
I bought some beautiful fibre from My Heart Exposed Yarns called Energised ~ and it was divine to spin... it spun like candyfloss... light and fluffy! but to my surprise it started to look like a wonderful wrap I once owned called Earthy Rainbow sold by Wearababy.... feeling inspired I spun a second single in reds as the weave of Earthy Rainbow has a red weft....
So you can see the singles.... and then the experimental part. I love the both singles and I was hoping for a dramatic earthy sunset with bright jewel tones like how the setting sun seems to set fire to the ocean. So with the children happily playing or sleeping I got to plying them together!
Not exactly as I had in mind as I think the red over powers the beautiful My Hearts Exposed fibre and the candy polling is a little too strong for my liking I think, it is to be knit into cover for my beloved e-reader so I think I may have a go at felting the holder in the machine... I think the colours would merge and soften and it would HOPEFULLY look more like earth rainbow!
As I was on borrowed time with the sleeping boy, I didn't quite finish the plying but hopefully I will finish the yarn tomorrow and get to the knitting stage!
I *LOVE* the colours of the yarn! xx
ReplyDeleteHonestly I don't know how My Hearts Exposed does it... this is the 2nd of her fibres I have finished and I have another one on the go they are just amazing, thank you for your kind comment x
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for the blog post Toni, I just love your spinning its excellent and I am so looking forward to seeing your cover when its all finished being felted :)
ReplyDeleteI love the colours together. Love the colour of your wheel - what is it?
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thank you both :D My wheel is a Louet s20, the previous owner made it sunshine yellow and blue which always makes me smile as it is sooooo bright... This morning I have washed bathed and hung energised to dry and it is so much more beautiful in a skien... seeing how the colours merge and interact really is stunning... maybe no felting after all... will wait and see how it knits :D
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