Skein #5 Spinning Wheel

Image 1: Fiber Sample Image 2: Yarn Skein Image 3: Yarn Detail

Fiber

Wool

Type

Romney fleece

Reason for choice of this sample

This fleece has a long staple length, sound fiber and a wide range of gray colors. The light shades are slighly longer than the dark shades, so the combed top varies gradually from light to dark.

Source

Spring Hill Farm — Port Ludlow, Washington.

Preparation for spinning

Scoured and combed in varied size batches.

Equipment used

Two row wool combs, flyer spinning wheel

Type of spinning

Short forward draft

Direction of Twist

Z

Number of plies

1

Finishing

Wet blocked

Suggested uses

Warp for firm, flat fabrics such as table runners and placemats or durable upholstery. Use with a solid color weft and a simple weave to preserve the random color variation. As a strongly twisted two-ply, this is Andean weaving yarn like skein #40.

Notes

Maximum 36 points

Examiner 1: 30

Examiner 2: 32

Examiner 1 liked the yarn, Examiner 2 noted inconsistency in size and twist.