Priscilla Hollingsworth
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Hand spinning

6/15/2016

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This is my latest try at a gradient, in which the color moves smoothly through the yarn from one shading to the next.  The second photo shows the combed wool top that I dyed using acid wool dyes.  I bought the top long ago, and don't remember the breed, but it is lustrous, slightly coarse, with a medium-long fiber length.

I spun this as a finished single, with as little twist as was needed to make a strong yarn.  Then I felted it about halfway as part of the finishing process, so that the yarn no longer kinks.  This is about 1400 yards, and about 8 ounces.

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Below is part of a pound of a blend of 70% merino, 30% silk that I spun into a two-ply yarn.  The silk smell really kicks in when you wash the yarn.  The coloring is a grayish green, the weight is DK.  I'm wondering if this yarn will prove to be a little delicate in use.
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Below is some more top that I dyed using acid dye.  This is Falkland, which is a mix of breeds from the Falkland Islands.  Wool dries really quickly in the summer sun, in Georgia.  Here the top is still dripping wet.  As it dried, it fluffed up quite a bit, becoming springy and pleasantly soft.  I'll post more photos later.
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