In Practice

I used the black colonial wool to practice some Navajo plying. Here's the single:

And the 3-ply:

I really have to work on distributing the twist evenly when plying. The worst of the it will likely even out in the wash I bet, but there's definitely room for improvement in my plying technique. I have a lot of trouble controlling the treadle and bobbin of singles while simultaneously trying to set up the three strands for the next bit of plying.

This was just a warm up. I'm trying to get better at Navajo plying for I can ply this:

I got it off the bobbin and into a centerpull ball, thinking I would make a swirly 2-ply. But now I've decided to try for a 3-ply, with the bonus of conserving the order of the colors.

Old Colonial

I got these 2 2oz braids of colonial wool from Nature's Yarns in Virginia a long time ago.

Time to throw it on the wheel. Or maybe the spindle. We'll see.

Cranberries & Green Beans

I got this 4oz braid of Natchwoolie long wool from a Ravelry destash.

The colorway is "Cranberries and Green Beans." I was a little surprised when it turned out to be two separate 2oz strips of roving.

I decided to spin them separately on one bobbin.

Then I plied the two different colored singles together.

Et voila! Swirly whirly longwool!

Snooze Control

I've put the deep sleep roving to bed, as you can see by the stupendously bad lighting: