Skein #11 Cotton Extra Fine Smooth Singles Yarn

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

Fiber

Cotton

Type

Upland carded sliver

Reason for choice of this sample

This carded fiber drafts well and has minimal trash.

Source

Organic upland sliver, from Carolina Homespun — San Francisco, California

Preparation for spinning

None required

Equipment used

Flyer spinning wheel

Type of spinning

Unsupported long draw

Direction of Twist

Z

Number of plies

1

Finishing

Washed and dried under light tension.

Suggested uses

Weft for fine fabrics such as shirtings or napkins. This is similar to industrial yarns used for lightweight knit fabrics. As a single, it is too fragile for most construction methods and too small to be practical for hand knitting or crochet. It is best used plied.

Notes

Maximum 54 points

Examiner 1: 54

Examiner 2: 48

Examiner 1 thought this was wonderful but Examiner 2 noted inconsistency in size and the amount of VM. There was a lot of junk in this fiber and, believe it or not, a lot of it came out in the spinning and winding. But after hours and hours of picking cotton trash out of other skeins, I was really over it. I made an effort to remove it from the skein, but not all that much of one. Examiner 2 also expects all cottons to be finished by boiling. This used to be considered standard procedure, but these days plenty of people don't think boiling white cotton is that important.