This seems like a very good trend to me. I have finally finished another project. Gee, didn’t I mention that yesterday too? My first completed project of Tour de Fleece this year. Well this was a spinning project. I spun 8 ounces of 75% BFL and 25% silk dyed by Twisty Desert Dames and sold exclusively at Grandmas Spinning Wheel in Tucson Arizona. This was plyed with ITO 100% silk in the color Persimmon. I used one 464 yard cone for the largest skein. I had varying amounts of the ITO silk on other cones and managed to empty 3 more cones. This is why the 4 skeins are 4 different sizes. The raw silk also adds a unique texture to the finished yarn that I would not have been able to create with silk or cotton thread. This is why bespoke yarn is so expensive
I was originally thinking of knitting fingerless gloves with this yarn. However, now that the yarn has been hot soaked to set the ply and dried, the yarn is just screaming make me into a shawl. This is my most expensive spinning project in a very long time, with the cost of supplies coming in at about $100. So unless someone is willing to fork over $500 for the 4 skeins. I plan to make a bespoke shawl with the yarn. If you want less expensive yarn, I would suggest going to Grandmas Spinning Wheel in Tucson Arizona or any other Local Yarn store.
Now for a picture of the yarn.
