Adventures In Handspinning: Moreno/Tencel Part 2

As you can see, I finally got around to plying my Moreno/Tencel yarn, and I love the colors. I made it into a 3 ply yarn which gave me smoother blending, and a nicer twist in it. I shot for a DK weight and ended up with a very light sport weight, or heavy sock. I will in the future practice more at achieving the yarn I want, and try more short draft techniques.

I did however, end up with ALOT of this yarn, 3 skeins of about 152 yards each. i couldn't believed my luck.

Adventures In Handspinning: Moreno/Tencel

Recently I handpainted my own blend of 50/50 Moreno and Tencel but, after seeing the results I became uninterested in spinning it. I honestly think it was the purple that I added to the greens and blues that threw me, because something just seemed amiss when I really looked at it.

However, the need to empty out my little spinning basket, combined with just being tired of staring at it, drove me to throw it on the ashford (Traditional) and spin it up.

And then A very funny thing happened.

I began to love the colors, even the purple.

I love how smothly the transitions between the colors blended, and how nicely the tencel feels as I work with it. It is so soft, and easy to draft, it almost wants to draft itself as I work. It is so pretty as a single, I can't wait to see how it looks when I spin it and make it into two-ply yarn.