Fiber Work

This is the roving of Bare Stroll sock yarn from KnitPicks which I dyed.
  It turned out well spun finely (thinly) for a real sock yarn..

I took a long time to spin this-all week but I am pleased with the final skein.

This is what I am spinning next;  Hamshire wool roving, another down breed so it is very different from the above fiber!  Both of these balls of roving are the same weight;  one is loosely pulled and stretched to open the fiber up. 

After both packing and dyeing and drying compacts the fiber and it spins more easily if it is fluffed up again.

I am through the first bump of wool and onto the second-this spins much more quickly and easily than the Merino.

I also took a bit of an interlude to spin a sample of Navajo Churro roving.

This is the wool that the Cowichan Sweaters were  (are?) made of-

for example.

The yarn reminds me of the Lopi yarn we can buy today.

(kind of hairy, not real soft wool)

Now I can say I spun it--check!