Friday, July 11th
I decided that I wanted to spin alpaca.
If I ever needed confirmation as to why we raise alpaca, this is it.
As much as I enjoy spinning other fibers, alpaca is by far my favorite.... smooth, silky, slippery, soft. I just love it. :-)
Saturday, July 12th
Sunday, July 13th
I finished spinning the single and then plied it to itself.
Homegrown Alpaca - Smokey's Bandit, Medium Silver-Grey
2-ply
172 yards
3 1/4 ounces
Monday, July 14th
Back to the never-ending green cotton that has been on my wheel for 15 months... 1/8 oz completed today.
Tuesday, July 15th - Rest Day
Wednesday, July 16th
Another 1/8 ounce of green cotton.
I've mentioned Staple Length before, which is the length of the individual fibers.
The homegrown alpaca on the left is ~4 inches and took me a little less than an hour to spin one ounce. The green cotton on the right is ~1/2 inch and takes me about an hour to spin 1/8 ounce. The short staple length is why people say that cotton is hard to spin.
In general, the naturally colored cottons are shorter than white cotton.
Thursday, July 17th
One more eighth of an ounce spun.
I have a little more than 3 ounces to go on this never-ending naturally green cotton.
Happy Spinning and Happy Fiber Arts Friday.
4 comments:
UYou can do iit. You surely don't want to be spinning that next Tour?
Alpaca is my favorite too. It almost spins it's self! Smokeys Bandit is beautiful.
Your alpaca colors are so gorgeous!
I love that photo of the staple length. This is exactly why I don't spin cotton. I just cant get the hang of short staple. Your spinning is great!
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