Yesterday we went along for a day of spinning and chatting - all very enjoyable. We started at 10am and were immediately surrounded by children from the local schools who were fascinated by what we were doing - especially when we told them we were spinning dog fur!
In fact we were both spinning Samoyed fur which spins into a beautiful white fluffy yarn. We had a selection of samples on the table - including German Shepherd hats, Newfoundland scarves and little samples of Poodle, Labradoodle, Bichon Frise, Border Collie and others.
We were there for 6 hours - spinning fairly continuously - when I got home I measured the 2ply yarn I'd spun and plied, and it was 82m in length, and weighed 30g (approx 1 oz) which means it would be approx 328m per 100g or roughly a 4ply weight yarn.
I took photos of the chrismas trees on my mobile - if I can work out how I'll post them here later.
1 comment:
Sounds like fun. I am currently in the process of knitting a scarf from yarn a client requested that I spin from his cat's hair. It's a short staple, so I'm blending with other fibers. Gave him several samples to choose from. He seems happy so far. I hope to post photos of the process, but in the meantime, trying to get finished before the end of the week.
Post a Comment