Fiber:  wool, lyocell

Type:  Shetland fleece and Tencel™ commercial top

Preparation for Spinning:  Fleece was washed in detergent, rinsed and air dried.  Clean fiber was picked open by hand.  Tencel top was torn into pieces for easier blending.  Fibers were carded into batts on a drumcarder.  Batts were separated into strips for spinning.

Reason for Choice of this Sample:  Nice, easy spinning blend.  The white tencel on the natural colored wool gives a frosty look to the yarn.

Type of Spinning:  unsupported long draw

Equipment Used:  drumcarder, antique New England great wheel

Direction of Twist:  Z

Number of Plies:  singles

Weight of Skein: 

Finishing:  3 cops of yarn were tied together and wound onto a skeiner.  Yarn was steamed, partially dried on the skeiner, and hung to finish drying.

Length of yarn: 

Suggested Uses:  As singles or 2ply this would be a nice knitted men’s vest or sweater.  I don’t like knitting singles for garments, so I would opt for plying this yarn for that use.  As singles, I would use this yarn for a shawl but only with a pattern that could handle the color variations in the yarn. 

    

       

 

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