Here's my Tunis all spun into just over 100 yards of light weight yarn. This isn't exactly an example of my best spinning or plying for that matter. I was kind of playing around with my new wheel and I also wasn't trying very hard. Sometimes, it's fun to just spin while watching tv or hanging out.
If I had been a bit more serious and committed to turning this fiber into a nice skein, I think it would have helped to run it through my carder. This Tunis really did have a shorter staple and the length was a little inconsistent. In retrospect, it would have been nice to blend it with another fiber.
Now I feel like I'm picking on this Tunis, but I don't mean to. While this yarn might be a little on the rustic side, I think it will be very pretty made into ornaments. Rustic and homey is what I'm going for with my 2012 Ornament Project, so I think this yarn will be perfect. I think it would be interesting to find some Tunis with a longer staple just to compare the two.
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ReplyDeleteI am still learning how to use blogger! sorry for the double comment. I love the yarn! I like to spin just like that, so right up my alley. Thanks for the previous post about Tunis also.
ReplyDeleteGlad you all around liked it and it is a great blending fiber. There should be longer staple length Tunis fleeces out there, and you are right about AZ, the heat does a job on them. The ram in this flock has longer staple 4-5 inches but that fleece gets scooped up first pick of course, on Shearing day at the farm. So glad you tried it and your ornaments are a great project. I will be spinning some soon, can't wait.