Plying Archives — The Spinning Shepherd

Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 193 : Time to Start Knitting

De la Toison au Tricot n° 193 : il est temps de commencer à tricoter I just plied the 3 bobbins that I spun the last 3 days. I ended up with a beautiful 3-ply skein of 17% white Ouessant wool and 83% angora rabbit that measures 214 meters and weighs 123 grams. Je...

Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 191 : While I’m at it …

De la Toison au Tricot n° 191 : Pendant que j’y suis … After having plied so many bobbins of wool to make a cabled yarn, I said to myself, “why stop there? While I’m at it, I need to think about all the other bobbins of wool that are waiting for me.” Basically,...

Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 190 : Let the Plying Begin !

De la Toison au Tricot n° 190 : Que le retordage commence ! 16 bobbins of spun wool are waiting for me. J’ai 16 bobines de laine filée qui m’attendent. I want to use them to create a cabled yarn. In other words a four-ply yarn. But it’s not four yarns plied...

Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 189 : Getting Ready to Ply

De la Toison au Tricot n° 189 : S’apprêter à Retordre It must be said that it isn’t always easy to find the “perfect” yarn to ply with a multi-color fiber blend. As for me, I have a marked preference for a yarn that is more or less neutral that can bring everything...

Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 161 : Cabled Yarn

De la Toison au Tricot n° 161 : Un fil « câblé » A couple of years ago, I came up with the idea of spinning a 2-ply yarn : One ply was black Ouessant wool and the other ply was a jewel-toned silk. I have to admit, that after plying the two together, I was rather...

Here’s what we end up with after plying ….

Ce que ça donne après avoir été retordu … Here’s the skein of wool that I spun using the spinning technique known as spinning from the lock. Voilà l’écheveau de laine que j’ai filé utilisant une technique de filage à partir de la mèche. It’s not too...

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Hello ! My name is Diane and I live in Normandy (France). I'm an avid spinner and knitter, and the proud owner of a small flock of Ouessant sheep. Come and join me as I share my hand spun yarns, woolly tales and sheepish musings !

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Bonjour ! Je m’appelle Diane et j’habite en Basse Normandie. Je suis une passionnée du filage et du tricot, et l’heureuse gardienne d’un petit troupeau de moutons d’Ouessant. Venez me rejoindre pendant que je tisse au fil des jours les brins de laine et les anecdotes !