A few posts back, a fiber day, I pictured my experiments of dyeing merino wool a golden shade. My last spinning project was to take 2 ounces of each of those shades to spin separately and then ply together. I ended with one 100yd skein that really shows the differences in shading and a second 60yd skein that combines the lighter parts of the darker top with the more yellowish gold.
Merino top being spun with a slight over-twist to ply.
Spinning the first top on my louet wheel
Two singles ready to ply
Turning singles into a two-ply
Plied yarn winding on spool
Yarn, 60yds on nitty-noddy and 100yds in skein.
And a different spinner might end with completely different results. That is part of the fun of spinning dyed roving or top.
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