Daily Archives: November 17, 2009

Black Shetland

I have finally finished spinning the black Shetland fibre I bought as something to practice with while I got used to Susie. This was very nice to spin, very easy even for a beginner. The yarn is a 3ply and is a thinnish DK weight, it is a bit wobbly but I am getting better! It is going to be part of my handspun leaves waistcoat.

I thoroughly tested the capacity of my bobbins while plying, and was very impressed to get 190g on one bobbin! This is about twice the amount I could get on the Ashford.

190gBlackShetland

Altogether I have 303g and 741m.

BlackShetlandSkeins

I am going to go and wind it into balls now so it will be ready to knit with.