Just another cowl! That's what I've been up to these days. I purchased 137 grams of alpaca/Birds of Paradise Silk at the Sheep Dog Trials this past summer with the intentions of making another shawl. The fibre was a very pretty grey alpaca with silk dyed blue, purple and I think pink carded into it on a drum carder. I decided to spin it worsted, which means keeping the twist out of the draft zone. I began to notice that the single of yarn was becoming what I hate to call "barber pole." A very nice color for socks or even scarves or mittens but not for shawls. So a change of plans! I had a good friend have a look to see what she thought and she said she thought I should ply it 3 ply. what a great idea! This would give the finished yarn more spots of color throughout, hopefully filling in the colors. It worked, it really worked! I didn't get the yardage needed for a shawl but what I came up with was 420 yards of a very pretty blue/purple yarn with hints of pink throughout. Enough for this cowl and maybe even a pair of mittens to match!
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