I can't tell you how happy I am with this skein. I rarely spin long-draw, but I'm not really sure why, as this came out absolutely wonderful! The skein is squishy and soft and is very knitable. The individual strands are much more even than I thought they'd be while I was spinning the singles.
Technical Specs:
Roving: 5.6 oz of a mixed breed dark brown/bit of gray roving from Nistock Farms, "Black Coffee".
Ply: 2-ply.
Weight: DK.
Yardage: 246 yards/4.1 oz. I have a small amount of singles left that I've wound into a plying ball and it's resting before I ply that to use up every last bit of this fiber.
I'm thinking about combining this with a handpainted roving from FatCatKnits on mixed BFL. I have 8 oz of the "Quest" colorway.
I thought I'd spin up this 8 oz with a semiwoolen technique and see where I am for yardage. If I need to, I could always dye up 2-4 (or more) oz of the mixed BFL in an herby green or maybe a bronze and use that for another contrast color if needed it, or even grab 4 oz of a light silver gray natural roving, which might be really pretty as well.
At any rate, I don't think I'll get another 8 oz of singles spun up before the Tour is over on Sunday, but I am going to get started on the first 4 oz worth of singles tonight!
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