Glory Be!

It took two evenings of watching football and "Law and Order" to ply all the singles I had spun. This being after working twelve hour days. It ended up being slightly over an ounce of yarn once it was all plied.

Today I got off work early. I raced home to get the yarn off the spindle, wash it and hang it out to dry. It didn't take long in the warm afternoon sun. I kept going out to take it down, smoosh it in my hands, and then hang it up again. By four in the afternoon it was dry.






And it looked pretty good to me. It seemed pretty comparable to my sock yarns; it seems, on an average, to be running around 15 wpi. Of course, there is a lot that is uneven yet, but I am calling all the little odd sections "character traits". It really came out very similar to the Silky Wool that I used on my second Branching Out scarf, except a little bit more rustic. And that was exactly what I was hoping for.

I hauled out the ball winder and went for it, even though my arms were sore (and getting sorer) from receiving my flu shot and a pneumonia shot today. Glory be, it winds up just like a ball of real yarn!! And a lot quicker than it took to ply it, too.

But can it do what it's supposed to do?



Yup, I think it can.