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Pixie batts and sprightly yarn

September 5, 2008 in Spinning by Sarah

I recently spun these batts I bought on Etsy from Evonne Wee (her blog is here):

I was quite smitten with the colour and texture and wanted to see how it would spin up and how it was put together. I also commissioned some red batts, about which more later.

I spun up the fibre by pulling off strips as Jess Rollar suggested in her guest post on her guest post here, and I spun it up thick and thin, which approximately filled three bobbins (I have learned not to fill the bobbins completely as the yarn is thicker when plied and you end up with even short lengths than you would otherwise).

I then checked out the yarn I bought from Jess to see what she did with hers, and it appears she plied it with sewing thread, which I thought would likely be just the ticket for me too.

This is what I ended up with:

I am completely smitten with the results. I think I will try to knit Urchin by Ysolda Teague with it.

I think these kind of batts would be good for a beginning spinner as you don’t need to do anything fancy to make something unusual and there is no reason to ruin the texture by trying to spin something smooth. The fibre is also sticky and is not as prone to breaking if your yarn gets too thin.

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September 6, 2008 at 5:28 pm

rebecca jc

Nice looking yarn – very funky. I buy 20/2 silk and ply with it for the boucle look. It works great and adds a nice finish.

September 6, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Sarah

Oooh, that’s a good idea, and I have a big skein of a fine silk cotton blend, which seems much too fine to knit much with. I also have 20/2 silk noil, that would likely work too, but the effect would be different.

Thanks,
Sarah