Cabled Yarn
Posted on September 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm by sherie
I finally tried my hand at spinning a cabled yarn. It wasn’t too difficult, just a bit time consuming and it sure uses up a lot of fiber. This is BFL which was hand dyed by me. I then divided up the fiber into four portions which weighed the same. I spun four bobbins from this, then I did two 2ply yarns. Next the two 2ply yarns were plyed together. Voila - cabled yarn. It’s really an interesting construction to look at. The finished yarn is soft and springy, as any BFL would be. Mine was a bit overplyed, but a good wash and whack fixed that. Overall, I’m pleased with this yarn, but as I only got 158 yards from 3.8 oz of fiber I would need to have a specific reason to spin it again.









That’s an interesting experiment. The yarn is lovely.
It turned out so nice and the colors are wonderful!
Look, it’s pretty here too! But the yardage… OY!