Using the samples I made in Katie Weston’s Spinning with Colour class at the AGWSD Summer School 2019.
Each day’s samples were around a theme of either a dye style and/or a spinning/plying style to explore how different approaches would affect the finished yarn/knitting. I started knitting in the centre with the Monday 1 sample and worked out chronologically. I didn’t manage to finish all the samples during the week (or even start some of them!), but have kept them in the order they should have been even if I actually spun them in a different order so that they make thematic sense.
I worked a crochet provisional cast on.
For the edges that will be picked up I am working sl1 pwise wyif for the last stitch of the row, and working k1 tbl for the first stitch of the row.
To join, I am working to last stitch, then sl1 kwise, knit up edge chain stitch, psso, turn sl1 pwise wyif then knit rest of row.
Monday
1. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Not split or predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from Andean plying bracelet
2. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Split into 4 sections lengthwise and predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from Andean plying bracelet
3. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Not split or predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
4. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Split into 4 sections lengthwise and predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
5. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Not split or predrafted
Plying Style: Chain ply
6. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Split into 4 sections lengthwise and predrafted
Plying Style: Chain ply
Tuesday
1. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
2. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
3. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Formed gradient spun from the fold
Plying Style: Chain ply
4. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Fractal. 1st ply = half of braid split vertically. 2nd ply = 2 x quarter of braid split vertically spun sequentially
Plying Style: 2ply
5. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Combination draft. Top split into several uneven sections vertically. Then split into uneven lengths. Spun holding several lengths together
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
6. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Fractal. 1st ply = spun straight. 2nd ply = 2 x half of braid split vertically spun sequentially. 3rd ply = 4 x quarter of braid split vertically spun sequentially.
Plying Style: 3ply
7. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Drum carded
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
Wednesday
1. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
2. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
3. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball
4. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
Thursday
1. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Damson and then Dream
2. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Burgundy and then Fuschia
3. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool moorit Shetland and then World of Wool grey Corriedale
4. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool dark brown Corriedale and then World of Wool brown BFL
5. Dye Style: Variegated
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with hand dyed braid in bright pink, mid blue and dark blue
6. Colourway: 1 ply in hand dyed ginger brown and green, and 1 ply in hand dyed reds and oranges
Plying Style: 2ply
7. Colourway: 1 ply in hand dyed jade green with a little grey, and 1 ply in hand dyed jade green with a little orange and a little pinky purple
Plying Style: 2ply
8. Colourway: Hand dyed ginger brown and green
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Rust and then Jade
9. Colourway: Hand dyed jade green with a little orange and a little pinky purple
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Jade and then Fuchsia
Friday
1. (separate sample)
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Used slowest speed on wheel
Plying Style: 2ply
Needles: 8mm
2. (separate sample)
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Used second slowest speed on wheel
Plying Style: 2ply
Needles: 7mm
3. (separate sample)
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Used fastest speed on wheel
Plying Style: 2ply
Needles: 2mm
4. Dye Style: Gradient
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Low twist
Plying Style: Single
Finishing: Dunked in hot then cold water to lightly full.
5. Dye Style: Mirror Gradient
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply
6. Dye Style: Gradient
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
Saturday
1. Fibre: Soy Silk
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
2. Fibre: Rambouillet
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
3. Fibre: BFL
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply
Extras
1. Dyer: Owl About Yarn
Fibre: British Masham
Plying Style: Chain ply
2. Dyer: Wild Spinster
Fibre: Norwegian wool
Colourway: Candyman
Plying Style: Chain ply
3. Colourway: Bronze, midnight blue, kingfisher, and jade
Spinning Style: Colours arranged so that all three separate plys have the same colour progression.
Plying Style: 3ply
4, 5, & 6. Fibre: Various
Plying Style: Chain ply
Finished with some undyed fibre used for practising and a couple of handspun yarns left over from previous projects.