Pigeonroof Studios superwash merino - Nightshade

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a certain lil skein of yarn is being turned into a beret... I'm gonna keep this one too! :)

Pigeonroof Studios superwash merino - Nightshade by kelp!.

This yarn looks pretty, but it's bad news. I did a horrible job spinning it - I tried to put a ton of twist in the singles so that I'd end up with a smooshy 2-ply, and one of the singles had little coils in it. I figured that they would disappear when the twist was removed in plying, but they did not. I tried to untwist them, but it didn't work, and the yarn is riddled with hard little coils. I'm chalking this one up to A Learning Experience.

Original Fiber. The yarn is about 100g, 180 yards. It's very similar in weight to the green yarn, which would have been perfect as I was planning on using them in a project together

www.kelpknits.com/2008/04/17/a-study-of-two-plies/

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jessfir says:

I'd swatch it before you relegate it to the "bad news" pile... you may be surprised.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Bockstark Knits says:

I agree, it is pretty!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

doggedknits says:

You know, what the hell do I know about spinning, but did you do the thing where you get it wet and whack it against something? Maybe that would beat it into submission.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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