Tour de Fleece: Silk-Cashmere

Dear hubby wondering what's in his camera. 

It's probably a good photo of the thunder storm that will soon come in over the valley.

Today I wound off the silk-cashmere I plied yesterday. It's a 3-ply yarn, 74 grams and 507 meters. There is enough for a nice little shawl. Now the skein is in warm water, after some 15 minutes I'll press the water out and hang it to dry. Tour de Fleece today is a nice chiengora, more about that another day. I also continue spindling merino.

Blått, blue

English below

Blått, blått, blått!

Jag köpte blå merino kardad i lager med vitt silke. Det går lätt att spinna. Jag spinner två garner.

Jag gör ett garn på en midi Cometslända. Jag drar av det jättelånga kardbandet i ca 25 cm långa bitar och drar dem lätt isär, bara så att fibrerna lossnar från varandra en aning och sedan spinner jag över hela bredden.

Det andra, som det är ganska bråttom med, spinner jag på spinnrock: Kromski Sonata, standardvinge, 12,5:1. Jag drar kardbandet i ca 1,5 cm breda strängar, för det fungerar bättre med spinnrocken än att spinna över hela bandet. Det går ganska snabbt också. Jag spinner kortdrag (kamgarnsteknik).

Visst har det en underbar glans?

English:

Blue, blue, blue!

I bought blue merino karded with white silk in layers. It's easy to spin. I'm spinning two yarns.

I spin one yarn on a midi Cometspindle. I cut the sliver in lenghts about 10 inches, and predraft just as much as to loosen the fibers a bit. I spin over the whole width in short (worsted) draws.

I'm in a bit of hurry to get one yarn ready for knitting, so I spin that one on my Kromski Sonata, standardflyer, ratio 12,5:1. I draw the sliver in lenghs about 0,5 inch broad, and predraft very lightly. It's easier to spin the sliver in that way on the wheel, and rather fast. I spin worsted.

Doesn't it have a nice shine?