I’ve begun work on my second braid of Studland Beach Falkland (Wildcraft Sept 2011 club fibre). I’ve torn the braid into colour sections of white, cream, grey, light blue, and dark blue. With the exception of the white, I’ve got between 22 ang 27 grams of each colour set. I’ll add in some white Shetland I have on hand to bump up the amount of white. I’d rather use Falkland, but I simply don’t have undyed Falkland and I think that the Shetland will be a suitable substitute.
I’ve also started carding up those colours.
It is a bit of a slow process as I can only card so much a day due to nerve injuries in my hands. I don’t mind. I’m sure the results will be worth it.
I’ve even started spinning some of it. I’m using an English Longdraw technique and will be making a 2ply yarn. I don’t usually go for a two ply, but I want to use this yarn for colourwork and 2ply yarns work better for colourwork than 3ply yarns.
My final yarns are going to become Fiddlehead Mittens, though I haven’t chosen a yarn for the main colour as of yet. It’ll likely be a dark blue of some description, but I’ll decide once the Studland Beach is all spun up. I have some time to think about it. :)
If you’ve never carded wool before, Sue Macniven has an excellent video tutorial showing how to card wool into rolags, part 1 and part 2.