Somewhere there's a kindergarten class missing some yarn...

It's funnier in person...

239 yards of chain plied yarn from 8 oz of sliver roving in the Wild Iris colorway from the people over at Imperial Yarn.  Their website scares me a little.  Click at your own risk.

The yarn is more purple-ish in person but it seems to be darker in yarn form than it did in fiber form.  However, I could be totally wrong about that.  I'm having one of those weeks, ya see.

The fiber was rustic and made me think of thrums.  Not that I've worked with thrums or anything.  Just a feeling I have.  It had little bits of different colors of fiber in the braid and made sort of a tweedy yarn at the end of it.  Going in, I knew it would be a pain to spin and I was right.  A good challenge but not one of those 'a joy to work with' fibers.

I chain plied two singles together to get this yarn.  Yeah.  That makes more or less 6 singles plied together.

I was thinking of knitting the Gap-tastic cowl for a girlfriend but, after counting yardage, I don't think I can.  I don't think I have enough yarn.

How often do I say that about my hand-spun? 

o.O

Comments

[Helen]

Ummm. Buy more fiber?

[Marilyn]

I looked at the cowl pattern. There is for sure a difference between what you have and what is needed.
You do say that you don't think you have enough every once in awhile. ;) This time you might be right!! Sorry...
xoxo

[CindyCindy]

I'm pretty sure there's another pattern out there with that yarn's name on it. It might have been a bit of a challenge to spin, but it sure is pretty.

[margene]

You tackle fiber the rest of us would run from spinning. You'll find something even more suitable for the yarn. Sure is a pretty color!

[Patty]

It's a beautiful color! I'd like to see this process someday!

[Cheryl S.]

I made a Gap-tastic that was only half as wide as the pattern called for, and it was still pretty big. It took about 166 yards of Cascade 128.

The yarn from Imperial Stock Ranch is kind of rustic too, but it seems nice in the LYS samples I've fondled - especially a shawl called Ashby that was knit in their Columbia (worsted).

[kmkat]

I think the cowl would still be fabulous even if it were only 239/306ths as tall. Srsly. It will be gorgeous and warm.

[Kelly]

Tweedy is right! It does remind me of thrums or an especially neppy "rustic" roving. Pretty result, maybe a chunky hat?

[Angie]

That looks like nice cushy yarn! Sometimes, there's never enough handspun….

[Karen]

Your yarn is so pretty. I bet the perfect pattern is out there:)