Spinning Saturday: SW Cheviot Goodness

I’m a day late. I know. I got trapped under a giant crochet rug and couldn’t get out. I’ll make it up by showing you lots of spinning goodness. :)

This week I’ve been working on some lovely superwash Cheviot from Wildcraft. I love this stuff. It is easy to spin and soft. I wouldn’t have expected Cheviot to be so soft, but this is fabulous. Must be the process of making it superwash.

The first time I used her superwash Cheviot was when she introduced the fibre in her fibre club in March 2010. It was the Shamrocks colourway.

I first thought of socks, since Cheviot is a great fibre for socks and other everyday items. However, it was so soft I went for a baby cardigan instead.

I made a Tomten out of it, though I ended up double standing the yarn as I wasn’t in the mindset to do a fingering weight tomten at the time. It turned out wonderfully, and Thing 2 got a lot of wear out of it whilst it fit, though he was such a big boy it didn’t make it to 6 months. Details of this project can be found on my Ravelry project page.

Another favourite was the Calendulas colourway, which I navajo-plied to keep the colour sequences. I never knit with this particular skein as it was one of the yarns I’ve sold, but I admit it was difficult to give it up.

I think the SW Cheviot really excels as a 3ply, but then again I really like 3ply yarns, so I might be biased.

This week I’ve been working on a colourway called Bonfire.

I spun this fibre up on my George (my Kromski Symphony) as a traditional 3ply. It works out to approximately a worsted weight yarn, with 141 metres on the 93g skein.

I think this would make an excellent yarn for a toy, hat or mittens. I’ve set it aside for the moment, however, as I’m thinking about popping this yarn up in the shop for sale. I’ll decide later in the week.