I currently can't stop playing with this spindle and the Abby batt that is in progress upon it:
It's the Summer 2010 Abby/Bosworth combo special. The batt is 50% merino, 25% tussah silk and 25% baby camel down (and 110% marvellous). The colourway is 'mauve it on over'. The spindle is a Bosworth mini in sumac, on a 9" walnut shaft (perfect for thigh rolling), and since they were supplied together, I've always meant to spin them together. Since I acquired them, in a little personal splurge moment during the summer, things haven't really progressed between a little test spin, and an occasional fondling. On Saturday, though, I fell for a skein of a friend's hand-dyed, organic merino laceweight:
(Isn't it lovely?! She is planning to start selling on Etsy - I'll let you know when she's all set up.)
Anyway, are you seeing my problem yet? That handpainted yarn is looking a lot like warp. And the handspun is looking a lot like weft. The colours are close enough to complement, different enough to contrast. In my mind's eye I'm seeing stripes of 1/2 and 2/1 twill, which, with handspun singles weft, might just give me some collapse. The quantities *should* be about perfect for a scarf.
It'll take me no time at all to finish spinning up the singles and get it woven off, right?!
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