excited to ply

close up of freshly navajo plied yarn

photo of the roving I dyed

washed hanging to dry balanced!!

both hanging to dry

2nd photo of roving

close up of freshly navajo plied yarn

close up of navajo plied dyed hand spun

Learn It

This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Spinning Dyed Fibers »

Instructions

Well, I watched Felicia Lo's course.. I learned a ton! This is the first time I have Navajo plied. The first time for splitting the roving as I did to spin .. I was very inspired and very encouraged by Felicia's course - I highly recommend this course. I really really enjoyed the class!

Difficulty:

Category: Other

Type of item: Clothing

For: Women

Style: Traditional

Materials

Cushing dyes - Shetland roving

What was your inspiration?

Felicia Lo! :) Thank you Felicia!!!

What are you most proud of?

All of it! :) Just learned to spin last year!! But mostly, I am most proud of the perfectly balanced darker colored yarn - very happy with the Navajo plying - and really loved the hand painting of the roving!!

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Have FUN!!!!!!!