Last month’s 4 oz. Falklands handpaint has finally been plied and finished! If you remember, it originally looked like this:
Spinning in progress:
This braid had a melange of colors and I tried to separate the main colors but there was some blending and muddiness because of the way it was dyed. I then chain-plied everything. This was my first attempt at chain-plying.
My first attempt at 3-ply. The end result looks grey but it’s really a mix of light and dark wool. BFL is softer than the Romney and the Shetland I’ve been spinning earlier.
Comparison with the 2-ply Shetland. As you can see, the three-ply is rounder and thicker.
I try to buy something durable with my Chinese New Year money every year and this year it’s my first spindle. Her name is Grape Soda and she’s a beautiful Greensleeves Katherine’s Cup from Greensleeves Spindles. She has a 2.5 inch Purpleheart whorl with a Macassar Ebony Shaft. The last photo is my first hand-painted braid, Falkland wool top in the “Autumn” colorway from Spunky Eclectic which I am currently spinning.
Ink Jade Studio 