Wild Woolers

(i still have to wash this and twist the fringe but shhh. pretend it's all the way done.)

glamour shot of my finished wrap!! this one was woven on my 16" rigid heddle loom using a single cake of Scheepjes Whirl gradient yarn - part of it for the warp and part for the weft (and plenty left over, even. i should've made the warp longer)

it's mostly plain weave with some leno twists added in:

FINISHED IT!!!!!!!!!

FINISHED IT!!!!!!!!

Estonian Twigs and Leaves Pattern. Easy 7-row chart. 10/10 would recommend. Look at iiiiiit

Super happy with my first stranded colorwork project!

I'm on sleeve #2 already!

You can see that the first minty section on the sleeve #1 was where I spliced 2 skeins

And the sleeve ended in yellow... Which I initially didn't care about and just went on to use the rest of the skein. And I knit more than 20 rows before taking a look at my other 2 skeins and seeing one that STARTED IN BLUE (from the centre pull)

So I unraveled the back half-row and the amount of sleeve that I had. And it. Looks. PERFECT!! And I'd even say the mint band is starting at about the same height! :0

(also look at it - when this skein is over, the half-skein left from the first sleeve will continue it perfectly!!! Neat, right??) (yes I caked the half-skein because that was the best way to deal with the unruly ramen left after the unraveling of the bit of sleeve I had)

Just bound this off yesterday! I initially tried to block it on our dining room table, my usual spot, but quickly realized it would be too big, so moved it outside to our patio.

Almost at the second sleeve ✨

The bobbin comfortably holds 120g

I could probably push it to 150g at least.

Plying was not as comfortable as I'm used to - had to make a lot of tension adjustments, and the hooks are on the right arm of both flyers (standard and bulky), so when spinning counter clockwise the yarn was getting wrapped odd.

I'm not mad about it though.

I didn't like the fiber - some random wool sent by the previous owner. I figured spinning something difficult would give me a better feel for the wheel

It spun like a dream regardless.

The result is a lovely skein of chain plied fingering weight that I actually like more than anticipated.

I'll math the yardage later

WIP Wednesday!

It has been…so dang long lol.