Spinning Friday: Funky Carolina Mixed BFL: Raspberry-Pumpkin Juice

Back into stash diving for this week's handspun installment.  The roving I picked this time was from Funky Carolina, on mixed BFL (a blend of natural and darker brown BFL), in the Raspberry-Pumpkin Juice colorway.

 

Have I mentioned how much I love BFL?  I think it's my hands-down favorite fiber to spin, and I love the heathery look the mixed BFL produces in the spun yarns.

I didn't do very much to spin this - just sat at the wheel and enjoyed myself.  I did spin this as a fractal spin, so I kept one half of the braid as-is; I just spun it as the colors presented themselves, to make long/wide color runs.  The other half of the braid, I split lengthwise into 8ths for shorter color runs.  I then plied the 2 bobbins together for a 2-ply yarn.

I wound up with a skein of 2-ply, light-worsted weight yarn with 226 yards (so something similar to Cascade 220) from 4 ounces.

 

I don't have specific plans for this yet, although I do have a braid of just "plain" Pumpkin Juice on BFL lurking in the stash, which I think might make for a great colorwork project of some sort with this colorway.  Either way, I've stashed this one away for use at a later date and we'll see what it grows up to become.

 

All for now.....

Comments

[Christina Scovel]

Oh those colors came out so nice. I would have thought the yellow would pop more in the yarn but once it is spun up it is like they just blend.

Stunning work Anne.

[margene]

It's always interesting to see the fiber and then the finished yarn. This color has fall written all over it. It should be stashed while you play with spring colors!

[Laurie]

Raspberry pumpkin juice...sounds terrible, looks beautiful! :-)

[Kristin]

Amazing how different a color can be when the fiber is worked up. I love it, though...but to me it's a bit more fallish than springish. (Whatever that means.)

[AmyP]

I love seeing the transition from the braid to the yarn!