More Chubut Spun

 Fractal spinning was a lot of fun to do especially during lockdown.

The rovings waiting to be spun:

          

Setting up the fibers:

99 gms of each color ; 

each color divided into three

set 1: 33 gms of red (R), black (B), cream(C)

set 2: 16.5 gms of each color X 2 in sequence RBC x2

set 3: 11 gms of each color X 3 in sequence RBC x3

Each tray spun into lace weight singles on 3 spools

3 Plys keep changing colours in strips - which makes spinning interesting;

Fractal 3 ply spun on swift

Chubut fractal WPI around 9

Overall result: 259 gms, 9 wpi, 301 m/330 yards

Soft to the touch fairly even.

This is the loveliest fibre I've experienced. Although very fine (16.6 mic), the fibers are fairly long and easy to spin.

The dying was excellent too - almost no bleed at all when soaked to set in hand-hot water.

A LITTLE MULTICOLOR LACEWEIGHT.

There was a little roving left over from the fractal prep - Red, Black and Cream adding up to 45 grams

This was spin in to a graduated lace weight giving 183 yards/167.3 m 

I've knitted a swatch using 3.25 mm needles first then 4 mm needles and decided on the 4 mm for a little project.

Swatch

I've planned to make a little scare with gr=arter stitch and lace knitting (I've holes) as follows:

C/O 30 

Garter stitch 10 rows

Pattern:

K4 (YO 2 tog) x 11, K4

K4 P 22 K4

K2 (YO SSK) x 13, K2

K2 P26 K2

Repeat this until color change comes up, the Garter stitch 4 rows then begin pattern again.

The swatch showed me that it is important not to use 2 tog all the time as this will lead to skewing the lace to the right. The SSK fixes this although it is a bit annoying to do.

Adding rows of garter stitch tends to keep the pattern straight and underscored the color changes. Hoping to get a bit of satisfaction out of this while planning the next (and last for now) spinning adventure - the autumnal orange and tan 2 ply from the last rovings.

Next post: what twisted the lace knit and how to fix the pattern to suit the handspun.