I have a couple of spinning projects I’m working on. I love to spin very fine yarns but that means a 2 ply yarn is lace weight. I have some Corriedale/Suri blends from Far Out Farm in Tennessee. I have 2 colors: 4 oz blue grey and 4 oz aqua. I spun them with the intention of plying the them together. But I thought a bit of shine might be nice. I had a hank of silk dyed by Dicentra Designs. She creates fabulous deep saturated colored rovings. I had selected a 4 oz hank that was dyed with rich greens, blues, and golds. I spun it as a cobweb weight yarn with the intention of plying it with cashmere I’m spinning on supported Russian spindles. And then I changed my mind and the ball of silk had been sitting.
The current plan is to spin all as singles. Then 1/4 will be spun as 2 ply aqua, 1/4 will be 2 ply blue grey, 1/4 will be 2 ply grey and aqua, and then the last 1/4 is 3 ply grey/aqua/silk. I can’t decide if I like the 3 ply or not. The silk is fine enough that the 3 ply is not any heaver than the 2 ply. I’ll keep spinning and plying and see how it looks when it’s done.
