Anyone that has been spinning for some time has accumulated a stash of wool. On the project I made, it doesn't matter if the wool is processed by a mill or at home. I made a very interesting yarn and used up some of my wool and made a table runner and mat. Directions for how I did it are as fallows.
Begin by pulling out 10 or more different fibers to spin. (more are better) Just grab a handful of each. Vary the type of fibers and the colors. If you have mohair, silk, Angelina (sparkle), curly locks, soft wool, rug wool, or ugly wool, it is fine to use for this yarn. I start spinning with one of the yarns and I spin from lace-weight to bulky varying the spinning style. This is a project were you can try different spinning techniques. Some of the fibers I pull the locks apart with my hands, some I have to card or flick card. I like to obtain as many curls as possible in the yarn. This is a two ply yarn. Both plies can be done this same way. The way I prefer is to make one ply varied as described here and the second ply with one solid, bright-colored fiber spun neat and thin. This ply yarn will tie all of the various types and colors of yarns together. It can also brighten the yarn or make it duller depending on what you use. Examples would be: If you use an orange or yellow, it will brighten it. If you use a duller wool color such as gray. It is possible to use a thin crochet thread or other thread for plying. Little bits of interesting wool placed here and there also add interest to this yarn.
Begin by pulling out 10 or more different fibers to spin. (more are better) Just grab a handful of each. Vary the type of fibers and the colors. If you have mohair, silk, Angelina (sparkle), curly locks, soft wool, rug wool, or ugly wool, it is fine to use for this yarn. I start spinning with one of the yarns and I spin from lace-weight to bulky varying the spinning style. This is a project were you can try different spinning techniques. Some of the fibers I pull the locks apart with my hands, some I have to card or flick card. I like to obtain as many curls as possible in the yarn. This is a two ply yarn. Both plies can be done this same way. The way I prefer is to make one ply varied as described here and the second ply with one solid, bright-colored fiber spun neat and thin. This ply yarn will tie all of the various types and colors of yarns together. It can also brighten the yarn or make it duller depending on what you use. Examples would be: If you use an orange or yellow, it will brighten it. If you use a duller wool color such as gray. It is possible to use a thin crochet thread or other thread for plying. Little bits of interesting wool placed here and there also add interest to this yarn.
The above picture shows a skein of yarn made this way, along with other fiber. In order to make the table runner, I cast on 39 stitches with number 10 knitting needles. I knit the first 6 rows, after that, I knit the first 4 stitches and the last 4 stitches in every row. Aside from the beginning and ending 4 stitches, I knit one row and then purled one row---stockinette stitch. The last 6 rows I knit binding off on the sixth one. I will probably go through and brush up some of the fibers and allow them to fluff up a bit more. They do make a mohair brush for this, but I think most any brush would be fine as long as they don't get caught in the fiber.
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