Susanna
Aug 30, 20151 min
Second spin for this year’s Tour de Fleece, or the only one that was started and finished during the Tour.
This was originally four stripes of different solid-colored slivers dizzed (?) together. I didn’t want to muddy the colors so I separated the slivers lengthwise, ordered them in a sort-of-logical gradient, and then spun each sliver end-to-end, drafting from two colors at the change points. Then navajo-plied the whole bobbin to preserve colors.
The result, when knitted up, is hopefully something resembling the rising sun on a spring morning.
On Ravelry: Spring Morning Gradient
Fiber: Ashford Striped Corriedale in colorway 120 Spring Mornings
Yardage: 201 m or 220 yd
Skein weight: 104 g or 3.7 oz
Grist: 1938 m/kg or 962 ypp
Plies: N-plied
Yarn weight: Aran