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Here is the level of the second skein I have made with my wheel.

I got this romney roving from Princess Farms:

I spun it into a single, which looked like this:

I bought this lace weight mohair silk blend on my trip last week:

and it seemed like the perfect thing to ply the romney:

and here it is:

I scarce can’t tell you how proud of myself I am — it’s like real yarn.

Now I am thinking about how to use it. I believe I will take Debbie New’s example and combine scribble lace and labyrinth knitting like she did in her Scribble Lace Bolero from KnitKnit: Profiles and Projects from Knitting’s New Wave, but I am not certain what it will be.

Author: Parallax Knitting

Tags: Fibre, flax, knitting, knitting machine, spinning, yarn

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