Fiber Fun!!

I have been able to play on my spinning wheel lately and here is the end results. :.) This first yarn is a Shetland/nylon blend.....just for socks. The Shetland is from my own sweet sheep, Sophie. I dyed the fiber prior to carding/blending. The colors were layered during the final run through the carder. I really like the way it turned out. Can't wait to knit it up into socks.

This fun yarn was spun from wool top from Louet. The colorway is Circus. I spun it using the fractal spinning techinque. This will eventually be made into socks for my youngest. She really loves the way the yarn turned out. I just hope the socks turn out as nice. This yarn was spun from hand-dyed Targhee top that I had purchased over a year ago. I was looking for something a bit different to play with. It is also spun using a deviation of the fractal spinning technique. Gave me some really soft looking yarn.....which will end up being knit into a pair of socks....some day.

This colorful yarn was spun from hand-dyed superwash wool that I purchased a couple of weeks ago. I was looking for something fun to demonstrate the fractal spinning technique with.....and this worked perfectly. I even knitted up a small sample from the yarn I had spun while demonstrating the technique. Turned out quite nice. I'm thinking I will use this yarn to knit a pair of socks for my loving hubby.

I have always spun my colorful hand-dyed fibers using the fractal spinning technique.....or some deviation of it. Just never knew what it was called until recently. :.) I always thought I was doing something wrong since my yarn never striped when it was knitted up. Now I know better. :.)