I finally made a light box last night! I tested it out on some recent handspun that I did. Of course, I would pick something red heavy, so the reds are still a little oversaturated, but damn, this is SO MUCH BETTER than what I was able to do before.
So anyway, I took these: (click to make larger)
And turned them into this:
Can I just say that I love how this yarn turned out? I spun the “black” roving on a lower ratio flyer than I did the red and ended up spinning almost a half a bobbin more of the black than the red colorway. I ended up with 402 yards of smooshy yarn, so I am not complaining. I just need to become more familir with spinning with a higher ratio flyer. But I also have 3 7/8 ounces of both rovings to do another hank so I figure I can learn with those. I have a feeling that pre-drafting will be a key element to spinning with the higher ratio flyer.
I’d say this is probably a DK weight yarn. I still need to set the twist, but right now I”m just admiring it and squishing it. A lot. I think with the second set of rovings, I’ll spin the red on the lower ratio flyer and the black on the higher ratio flyer. I’m hoping that I will end up with half a bobbin of red left over to ply with the left black yarn I have and maybe get 3 decent skeins out of it all. If that’s the case, I might even have enough to do a proper garment. Wish me luck!
Pretty!
Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!! Gorgeous! I’m just going to pretend that I am an advanced enough spinner to understand everything you have said!!
WOW! Gorgeous yarn. I need to make me a light box
Um, yeah, I LOVE your roving and lightbox! Did you use the lights from the hardware store or did you find something even better?
Beautiful yarn–and pictures!
Oooh, those rovings are lovely.
One of these days I need to get off my butt and make a light box.