I’ve been busy! Last weekend I finally finished my first “real” handspun. This is before washing, so the plies are less balanced here than in the final product, but this shows off the marling nicely:

It would be an act of comedy to attempt to measure WPI on this – it is every and all weights simultaneously, from lace to bulky. It was excellent practice, and I can honsestly see knitting something out of this. My guess is that there is 180 yards, but I need to remeasure now that it’s all skeined up. Plying it seemed to take forever and a day.

I’ve also finished the back piece of my Leaf Kimono Top, very hastily pinned out:

Nice, no? I’m working on the front piece now. I’d love to do the sleeves two at a time, but since I’m working off a cone, it’d be advisable not to.

I also spun up enough yarn on my newest spindle to have to wind off:

This one is FAR more consistent than the yarn above. Yes, there are still slightly thicker and thinner bits, but variations of this kind should not be overly noticeable in a finished product. I just have a feeling that plying this is going to be sort of a nightmare. Plying the other yarn took a lot longer than I thought, and that was not nearly as much yardage as this one is going to be. It’ll be best to take it in stages, I think. It’s times like this that I wish I had a wheel for this sort of thing.