Handspun hat set

Knit a little warm winter hat from the previously posted white and turmeric plied yarn i spun.  I made the scarf from some really lovely all white two-ply that ended up quite light and fluffy.  Unfortunately the really good skein was only about 60 grams, not nearly enough to make a scarf out of.  I supplemented it with some (fingering weight?) turmeric and single ply of a chunkier white.  The set should be awfully warm and cozy, and i look forward to using it!  How great to get that out of a big old trash bag of wool.

The early stages of my personal art website.  huzzah.

Dyeing and Plying

Dyed some yarn with turmeric, plied it with a skein of natural.  The skein of turmeric yarn was definitely my best-- even, thin, and strong-- but i decided to ply it with one of my earlier, rougher ones anyway.  Still have some leftover, which i might ply with itself and incorporate into whatever project I use for the gold and white skein.  I'm thinking a simple stockinette hat.  Apparently turmeric isn't super fast, but I don't think that I'd be washing a hat much anyway.

Andean Plying

Well, I tried to ply one skein of my thinner yarn, and it turned out quite nice!  I'm certainly not an expert at plying yet, but I'd say that the technique definitely improves the quality of the yarn.  I'd like to continue to ply the rest of my yarns, but I think i'm going to wait to dye first so that I can ply two colors together and make something fancy.  Not sure how well I can ply after the dying relaxes the twist a bit, but I guess I'll find out.

Here's a useful illustration of Andean Plying.