Spinning: "Vermont Road" Silk/Merino Laceweight

I finished up the Funky Carolina silk/merino laceweight I was spinning this week.

PROJECT SPECS:
Fiber Source:  Funky Carolina's Etsy shop.  This is a 50% silk and 50% merino wool blend roving.  The colorway is "Vermont Road", which Carrie dyed as a Pure Inspirations Club colorway just for me back in August 2009.  She used a photograph of a long dirt road in the fall in Vermont as the inspiration for this colorway. 
Technique:  I broke the roving in half, thinking at first I was going to spin this as a plied yarn, but I liked the colors so much I decided to keep the yarn as singles, so I spun the entire braid of roving up as one long piece, just fluffing the fibers a little bit as I went.  I spun this using a mostly worsted technique. 
Specs:  4 ounces, spun as laceweight (24 wpi) singles, yielding 1081 yards.

 

I had originally thought to make the Road Not Taken scarf from A Fine Fleece, but really.... almost 1100 yards yells "upgrade!" to me.  So I am fairly sure I'll use this for the Norwegian Wood Shawl, which is on my to-knit list for this year.

 

All for now.....

Comments

[Judy]

Beautiful! 1100 yd. is something to make plans for.

[Bea]

Beautiful, just beautiful. Can't wait to see what you make with it.

[Christina Scovel]

Oh that is wonderful. The yellow, gold and orange blends so well together! I'm sure the new project will be perfect with it!

[margene]

Beautifully spun and the Norwegian Wood Shawl is a perfect choice!

[Knitmomma]

Oh, that is gorgeous! I've never contemplated laceweight singles...the idea scares me a bit.

[Nancy]

Lovely and oh so fine. Nicely done.

[Yarndude]

Oh my goodness, that will be the most beautiful Norwegian Woods Shawl ever!

[Suzanne]

It's gorgeous.

[Debbi]

Pretty, pretty yarn!

[Kristin]

Once again....beautiful yarn!