Another BFL

The Green Bits

The Pink Bits

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Peggy bought this wonderful colorway called Dutch Canyon from Blue Moon Fibers at Black Sheep Gathering in June 2006. She started spinning on November 24th and finished chaining the singles on January 28th, 2007. (A lot of in-between time was spent knitting!) Three hanks for about 500 total yards. Chaining results in 1/3 the total length of the single.

The yarn is cushy and beautiful and will hopefully be the variegated yarn part of the vest pattern on the cover of the Folk Vests book by Cheryl Oberle. The next part of Peggy's project is to spin and ply a black wool/alpaca blend from Dawn's Custom Carding which I, Rebecca, purchased in September 2005. I took the fiber for a trial spin (heh heh) and enjoyed it very much but changed my mind about doing the spinning for a sweater I knew I would never knit. Peggy received a big bag 'o black wool and alpaca with which she's very happy!

Speaking of Cheryl Oberle’s Folk Vests, there are two patterns in this book that would probably be most appropriate for hand-spun yarn. Both are Fair Isle patterns, using about 500 yards each of only 2 colors. The finished size of the vest is determined by the gauge, so the spinner can make adjustments in weight and number of plies to get the yarn weight they require. What with all the impulse buying we do (have done) at Black Sheep, OFF, NWRSA Conference, St. Distaff’s, Whidbey Spin-In, etc, here is an opportunity to use those fun variegated hand-dyed hanks of wonderful that we just couldn’t pass up!