Last year at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival I bought some amazing roving from Creatively Dyed Yarns.
4 oz hand dyed 20 % milk protein, 40 % silk, 40 % wool
Yes, that is milk protein. So it has been hanging out in my spinning stash for a year and I was thinking, hey! I should spin that up one of these days. So I did. It was so much fun to spin and this is what it became!
It is so silky soft and snug-able. I am forgetting the yardage at the moment, somewhere around 500yds I think? It is about a sport weight. And since it was so snuggie and happy I just had to start knitting on it right away!
I have been eyeing up the textured shawl recipe on Ravelry which can be found here. I just knew this yarn would work so well for something like this. And it is working well! I have made good progress so far!
I am so happy with how this is turning out, I think it will be a great casual, feel good shawl. As you can see from the photos I am switching up the pattern a bit, but hey, I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t!
Also, this week, I had a request for a project from the pink and blue yarn I made last week.
My friend Paul really loves pink and blue, and I promised him a knit item of his choosing for bringing me to the airport really early in the morning during the Arctic Blast so I could fly back to Wisconsin. He requested that I knit a pink and blue cozy for his beverage cozy for his bike bag. Ask and ye shall receive.
And here it is in action!
I hope you enjoy it Paul!
I’ve never worked with Milk protein Fiber…. how was it? did it spin up similar to other fibers you’ ve worked with? or was it really different? Is it long or short staple? Sorry to bombard you with questions… It looks fantastically soft and squishy!
Jolene- With the blend, it was hard to tell the difference between which fibers were which, it was a really solid blend. It was a bit on the slick/slippery side but I think that is mostly from the silk. Overall it spun up really nicely, I think I probably did not give it the full amount of twist it wanted. I think that was the hardest part, but I have not had tons of experience with spinning silk blends either. I really adore it and it is really soft and squishy. Thanks!