Fiber: CJ Kopec Merino Batt
Colorway: Copenhagen
115.0 yards (105.2 m)
Spindle: Butterfly Girl Designs 1.3 oz top-whorl Italian Resin Silver Flower spindle, three ply.
Started: 17 April 2009
Finished: 24 April 2009
Whoa! This batt was so fluffy and huge, I was tempted not to spin it, but rather to use it as a pillow! I did a tradition three-ply here to make a heavy worsted/bulky yarn. Man, trad three-ply is hard with a spindle. As you can see I had to go digging for extra coffee cups to keep everything in line. The batt was beautiful but having never spun from a batt before, I was a little unsure where to start. I did some digging around on the CJ Kopec board on Ravelry and discovered a number of helpful posts where people when into some detail of how the split and spun their batts (ABAB or ABCDABCD etc.). I guess this really isn’t finished because I haven’t set the twist. But you know… What will it be eventually? I dunno? A chunky hat? A chunky neck warmer? Chunky mitts? Well, I don’t really know yet, but I’ll tell you this: it’ll certainly be chunky.
mmm, I love how it came out – I love the richness of the colorway! Nice work! And that quilt is gorgeous too:)