I have taken a break from the natural colored Cormo I've been spinning in the raw, to work on something with color. I'm in love with color. Color make me happy. So I needed to take a little 1 bobbin/yarn break. I choose the ball of Teeswater wool roving, dyed in blue, light blues, gray and purple. I spun it up over two days (5.5 oz) in a nice lace weight.
Teeswater wool is usually processed as locks for tail spinning (Spin Art: Mastering the Craft of Spinning Textured Art Yarn by Jacey Boggs, page 44-49) but this was processed as top. I love that the fibers are very long and have a high gloss to them, therefore they reflect light and color almost like silk. However its not a next to the skin type wool. I may end up weaving with it for the fun of it. The yarn is very strong and perfect for weaving. It would make a good warp thread but in this case it will be a weft thread.
Single ply Teeswater yarn waiting to be plyed.
As I sit here writing I am wondering if I even need to ply it to weave with it given what is on my loom right now for a warp. I may be better off if I leave it as a single ply.
In any case, I won't weave itself.
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