I finally got around to setting the twist in one of the bobbins of corriedale that I spun.. and it ended up being 106 yards of singles. I won’t be plying it because I don’t want to mess up the color changes in the yarn that I have now. I’m actually really proud of this yarn because its a lot more even than I’m used to spinning.
(edited to add…) Prior to editing this post I mistakenly called this single ‘balanced’ but was corrected by Janice (of Knitting with Dogs..) and I quote : ”A single ply yarn by definition can’t be “balanced.” You only get a true balance when you offset the twist of two yarns by spinning the together in the opposite direction (plying.) You may have a low-twist single that *behaves* as though it’s balanced.” … And now we know….. and knowing is half the battle.. or so said GI Joe. Thanks for correcting my ‘beginner spinners myth’ there Janice, aka: she of vast knowledge in all things spinning…
I spun this on my ‘new’ Ashford Trad - and it was a lot of fun to spin up. I’m glad that it got softer when I washed it because I have plans to make this yarn (along with the rest of it currently on bobbins) into a scarf.. possibly more entrelac. I would LOVE to make Lady Eleanor out of this.. but I know that the pattern calls for close to 1200 yards of yarn and I’ll never get that out of the fiber I have left to spin.
My husband agreed (rather unhappily.. but it is ‘on the way’) to run me by the LYS for the other two skeins of Noro Kureyon that I need to complete the entrelac scarf.. so I’ll be able to work on it again soon. Today we have to go to husbands grandparents house for dinner, and tomorrow I have to go out to assist on a job with him… so my weekend has pretty much been decided for me.