Description
I love me a good fuzzy halo on my DK teal blue hand spun yarns. Well, any colour or weight, really.
I spun this Mohair/Shetland blend (70/30) yarn woollen style, meaning there’s more air trapped in its structure, making it warmer than worsted spun yarns (the latter is the type of yarn we usually see the most).
After spinning, I created a mostly DK-weight yarn by chain-plying it. Here’s a nerdier explanation: chain-plied yarns are created using just one thread of yarn that is plied against itself like a crochet chain. You don’t really need to know this, the interesting bit is that it’s a rounder type of yarn than a 2-ply and great for knitting cables!
Since I mention cable knitting, this yarn is also great for crochet but might twist itself a bit more or less depending on how you hold your hand when crafting.
I dyed this squishy skein after spinning it, so the colour is more even, but still maintains that semi-solid quality that make hand spun yarns special. There’s a total of 176 yards of warm wool for you to play with.
Hand spun yarns are special
Hand spun yarns have such individual characteristics that commercial yarns just can’t mimic. Each skein of yarn has passed through the hands of the spinner and there will always be little whimsical inconsistencies (in a good way!) that make the yarn truly one of a kind.
I have lovingly spun each yard on my wheel, yet the journey doesn’t end with me – it continues with you, your crafting project and your imagination.
Isn’t it amazing that you can be a part of the handmade journey of some woolly wonder?
An important note on colour accuracy
This particular skein of teal blue yarn shows slightly more blue on my monitor that real life (it’s a little more green, but not much). However, your monitor settings may differ from mine and therefore I can’t say how this skein might show on your end.
