corespun

Corespun yarn is made by taking a strand of  thread or yarn — in my case I used cotton crochet thread — and wrapping fiber around it. There are some really amazingly beautiful results out there if you look through Flickr, and I was inspired by some fiber I received as a Christmas present from Mama & Papa Wolf in these gorgeous blues, greens and purples.

When it first came off the bobbin, I didn’t much like it, but after looking at the photo, I think I do. The colors are kind of selling it for me. It’s so different from what I usually try to spin and I only did a very small amount. I’ll have to try to work it into a project somehow… maybe stripes in a hat made with another similar weight yarn.

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2 Responses to 1st try at corespun yarn

  1. Brandy says:

    I really like that! How much did you end up with? Does it use up a lot of fiber? How fat is it? (I should say what is the wpi?)

  2. Kate says:

    Hi Brandy… thanks! This skein is just under 2.5 oz. I got about 52 yards out of it, and the wpi varies, but it’s about 5. Thanks for commenting.

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