{"id":1906,"date":"2019-12-30T14:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2020-04-30T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T01:04:24","slug":"new-yarn-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/30\/new-yarn-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"New yarn projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In my new-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spinning_(textiles)\">spinner<\/a>&#8216;s excitement, I made a big batch of handspun yarn before realizing that it was waaay too loosely spun to wear well. It might&#8217;ve made a good hat, but certainly not the sweater I was aiming for. Sweaters and other items that get a lot of friction need tightly spun or lightly felted yarn to last a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-17.14.53-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-17.14.53-.png 590w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-30-at-17.14.53--300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption>Fluffy but delicate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sooo, I&#8217;ve been respinning the batch! The aim, of course, is to make the yarn more durable by spinning it more tightly. To do so, I had to un-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plying\">ply<\/a> the yarn, spin the singles more, then re-ply everything. The whole process for about 600 yards of yarn only took a few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2919-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2919-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2919-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2919-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2919.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>You can see that the yarn is now finer and more twisted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2918-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2918-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2918-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2918-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2918.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>But there&#8217;s not quite enough to make a sweater&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now unsure what to use the yarn for. I&#8217;ve been considering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A hat for J (see draft below!), potentially with a matching scarf or cowl<\/li><li>A sweater vest for me<\/li><li>A sweater with a contrasting color for the sleeves or the bottom, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Color-blocking\">color-block<\/a> style.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me know what you think would be best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"522\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/0.jpg 522w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/0-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><figcaption>The draft hat using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/neon-ski-bonnet\">Ravelry pattern<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my new-spinner&#8216;s excitement, I made a big batch of handspun yarn before realizing that it was waaay too loosely spun to wear well. It might&#8217;ve made a good hat, but certainly not the sweater I was aiming for. Sweaters and other items that get a lot of friction need tightly spun or lightly felted &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/30\/new-yarn-projects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New yarn projects&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}