The yarn edition!
The fiber was a thank you gift from darling Rachel for some spinning I did for her. It was the first threeway Cupcake Fiber that arrived here, but not the first that I have spun. The yarn for our Ruth's Damask Panda was the first trio I spun. (That one is far more subtle than today's yarn.)
Here's a reminder of what the fiber looked like and the photo below is a reminder of what the singles looked like.
I did not spin even amounts of each color, but I never thought that would happen. Human error and all. For some reason, the greens were a tiny bit thicker than the other colors. No idea why. However, I am still THRILLED with the yardage and the finished yarn.
584 yards total of Merino/Nylon 3-ply sock yarn. Thrilled!
Joan told me to make sure that I used my plying template when it came time to turn the plied singles into 3-ply yarn. She mentioned that one single might want to wrap itself around the other two. I totally saw what she meant while I was spinning. Not while using my fabulous template, but when I had to stop spinning to move the yarn to a different hook and needed to restart the spinning.
Hopefully, you can see the three different colors are really there in the yarn. Pardon the photo. I'm having a day and in focus is just not something that's going to happen today.
Happy, our Rachel? ;^)
I love the three colors plied together like that. Fabulous!
Posted by: Carole | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Thrilled! Thank you darling.
Perfect job as usual and the yarn, oh the yarn,,,,Love!
All those June trios are driving me crazy :)
Posted by: Rachel | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM
I agree with Rachel, the trios are so enticing! I need to buy a template thingy.
Love your trio. The colors much be very vibrate!
Posted by: margene | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Cameras often don't like to focus on yarn. I think it is the softness and fuzzyness that fools the autofocus. Nevertheless, your yarn is fabulous!
Posted by: kmkat | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Awesome blue stock. Pretty mauve stuff. Happy tea. Pie!
All caught up!
Posted by: Kitten | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Ooh, I've been waiting patiently to see this yarn. It looks great!
Posted by: Yarndude | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:48 PM
I just use my fingers as a plying template, works fine! I like the yarn, very marled!
Posted by: elizabeth | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Wow, you rock Girl! That yarn looks amazing.
Posted by: April | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 01:08 PM
Love it! Really gorgeous.
Posted by: Kym | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Wow, that made a really cook skein of yarn. I loved the colors before, but they look so totally different plied up. Awesome!
Posted by: Kelly | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 02:32 PM
That is some gorgeous yarn, girl!! You rocked it! And, you've posted again! You're spoiling us. Hugs*
Posted by: Cindycindy | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 02:33 PM
If Kitten thought that tea looked happy, we must have been looking at different tea faces.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 03:00 PM
Pretty!! I am in awe of your spinning and plying talent!!
Posted by: DataGoddess | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 03:30 PM
Again you made good looking yarn! It will make excellent socks. :D
xoxo
Posted by: Marilyn | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 05:19 PM
Gorgeous!!
Posted by: Karen | Friday, June 17, 2011 at 05:31 AM
I had no idea what that would look like plied up. Pretty nice!
Posted by: Natalie | Friday, June 17, 2011 at 06:37 AM
Beautiful. I am so inspired to really learn to knit when I see your work.
Posted by: Jennifer | Friday, June 17, 2011 at 11:11 AM
I see all three colours!! and it's gorgeous! also, that yardage is nothing to sneeze at! ;^) xox
Posted by: marianne | Friday, June 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM
All yarns posted last two days are awesome. So jealous. Must get some fiber. Who cares if it won't arrive in time to be payed with before I have to travel and come back broken (both families mine & his can do that especially at once) and crippled. Still love the fiber. Can't wait to see what you use for SOS.
Posted by: Melissa McKee | Friday, June 17, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Very nice and different from your usual spinning. I can't wait to see the socks that result.
Posted by: Devorah | Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 04:42 AM
Whoa. That yarn looks crazy pretty and impressive. Complicated, too. I've never even heard of a plying template! Every time I turn around it seems there's more that I didn't know I didn't know about spinning...which is why I'm quitting before I get started. I'll admire the view from here. :)
Posted by: Clumsy Knitter | Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Your threesome is so pretty! All of the colors show up so nicely, and I keep admiring each one, and then admiring how nicely they all play together.
xo
Posted by: Sarah | Monday, June 20, 2011 at 04:00 AM
Gorgeous sock yarn, Cookie. I see blue as the dominate color in the finished yarn despite the three separate singles. Very cool. And excellent yardage, too!
Posted by: Angie | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 06:37 PM
Very cool! (I think I'm coming to the end of my comment-ability for the day... ;o) )
Posted by: JessaLu | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 09:21 AM