Yarn from recycled bottle caps

I’m participating in a swap on Ravelry, where I send a package of yarny stuff off to one person, and someone else sends me something. I think there are almost 150 people participating… I’m glad I didn’t have the idea and then have to organize it! Our theme is “shop local”. SO EASY to do here… I already purchased a few things at BSG and am going to finish up this weekend.

I received my package on Saturday, all the way from London! One of the gifts inside was 2 oz. of fiber made of a blend of recycled plastic bottle caps & rouge de l’ouest from Moonspinning. I’ve never spun with anything like it. I decided I needed to make a deliberate art yarn.

Here is my end result. About 82 yards:

The fiber itself was very lumpy and full of little bits of fluff. I kind of let it do its own thing while spinning, then I plied it with a heavy blue thread and a metallic white thread. The image above can be clicked to see a larger photo with more detail.

Now what to do with it? Thinking of making a small pillow with this as the front and a solid knit back… maybe in red?