Oh, Holly,
I have to tell you, that Lincoln may act like it's next to the skin soft,
but don't let it fool you.
I had a baby Lincoln fleece that I spun up with the intent of something
lovely next to the skin, because the fiber was so soft, and was a gorgeous
dove grey. sigh Once it was spun up
I am pretty much 'knitting free' but I do raise Romneys, market their wool to
handspinners and knitters and have some experience from seeing what people do
with my long wool luster yarn. I have seen people turn my fleeces into
spectacular plain white Romney sweaters that absolutely sparkle.
d2,
Did you spin worsted or woolen ?
Ron
rbpar...@swipnet.se
On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:47 AM, d2...@roadrunner.com wrote:
Oh, Holly,
I have to tell you, that Lincoln may act like it's next to the skin
soft,
but don't let it fool you.
I had a baby Lincoln fleece that I spun up with the
I have been working on various knitting yarns from a flock of Coopworths.
So it should be a similar story, long locks, medium coarse, low crimp, very
strong. So far I have spun 3 types of yarns. First was a 2 ply worsted
weight and sport weight, 3.5 and 5 tpi respectively (these tpi are
Turan wrote:
All yarns spun semi worsted on a ring spinning
frame.
Oh, do tell more about this! I didn't know such a
thing existed outside of a mill! Is there a way
you can post some pictures?
Holly
