Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Spinning a rainbow/Regenbogen spinnen



I'm spinning again - enjoing the very, very last late summer days with the spinnig wheel outside in the garden - spinning more of that beautiful handdyed wool from Susa (earlier posting here).



It's funny how different a yarn can turn out, depending on the plying thread used. For the rainbow roving, I first used a thin matching thread for plying - and wasn't convinced at all:



So I searched my stash and found a ball of lace yarn (Schoppel Crazy Ball) and plied my rainbow Masham wool once more with that (ah yes, I mixed in some dark blue wool at an end too) - and suddenly, I could really see the rainbow coming through!

Due to the different colour sequences in the plying yarn, there were exciting new colour combinations - made me think of the Hundertwasser colour scheme here and there -



The next is a very light-coloured Cheviot roving, which I'm planning to use for a plain Victorian lace shawl - I'm plying it with a vintage rosé silk thread (one more of those rayon silk threads dated 1936 which I found in my mother's cellar a couple of years ago!) It will be a gift for a friend of mine.



And for the last one, a Falkland wool - the colours are deeper and more 'cloudy' in real! - I've spun it in a soft thick & thin manner, plying it with two skinny wool threads.

I'm not sure what to knit out of this yet - it's very fluffy and delicate, so it would be quite suitable for some kind of shoulder shawl too - and even if I already have some, I still adore those kind of wraps now that the nights are getting colder ...



Of course, I'm not a spinning artist like Jana, who I admire very much indeed - but at least I'm beginning to feel that I'm getting closer to controlling the spinning wheel (and not vice versa :-) - and that I can at least roughly make it produce the yarn I'm aiming at. I'm so glad I bought that wheel and just kept on trying until it worked out!

(German summary: Ich spinne wieder - wunderbar gefärbte Wolle von Susa - und freue mich, daß ich damals das Spinnrad gekauft und einfach so lange herumprobiert habe, bis ich annehmbar spinnen konnte - es ist so eine Freude!)

9 comments:

Elizabeth said...

What a beautiful colours did you pick. I'd bet you had a wonderful time in the garden while working!!!!

WolleNaturFarben said...

Herrlich wie du deine Spinnexperimente beschreibst, das dich herantasten an die Farbe und das Material das du möchtest.Und dann im Garten spinnen das genoß ich muss ich jetzt wahrscheinlich sagen auch so oft wie möglich, diesen Genuss kann ich gut nachvollziehen. Dein Ajourmuster gefällt mir auch sehr gut, gibt es eine Anleitung im Netz ?
herzliche Grüße Anke

Anneli/Bockfilz said...

Thank you, Elizabeth, und danke, liebe Anke!

@ Anke: Das Muster habe ich schon einmal verwendet und man muß nicht viel rechnen und aufpassen :-)...

Es ist eines der basics aus 'Victorian Lace Today' von Jane Sowerby, im Prinzip nur ein Dreieckstuch mit Anfang unten Mitte, ab der 15. R. ein sich wiederholender V-Keil aus K2tog-YO-K1 (bis K11)-YO-SSK - verstehst Du, wie ich meine?

Clare Wassermann said...

such wonderful colours and a lovely sunny day to be working out there...beautiful xx

kristin said...

excuse me Anneli, but I have to say you ARE a spinning artist. i'm in love with your yarns!

i find that third photo breath-taking...keep doing wonderful things!

Anneli/Bockfilz said...

Thank you so much, dear Clare, dear Kristin!

@Kristin: I had a bad start today - but your sweet words really cheered me up a lot! Thank you!

Yes - let us all keep doing these wonderful things!

Susa said...

Wunderschön! Und das Problem mit den Farben kenne ich ja leider zur Genüge. Ich setze nachher mal ein paar Bilder in meine Galerie, ist das OK? Hab noch einen sonnigen Tag, Susa

Anneli/Bockfilz said...

Ja, klar ist das OK, liebe Susa!

Sara lechner said...

unglaublich, ich bin so neidig, dass du mit so schönen sachen spielen tust!!!! vermisse unsere spinntage!!