More Handspun!

I flew through this one. Alpaca just slides through the fingers!

My 3rd yarn. The name “Fairy Wings” came from a friend in my knitting group. When I brought my wheel there last Monday, she took one look at the drafted fiber and said it looked like fairy wings. It seemed a great name.

Fiber purchased from The Loopy Ewe. It’s Pastel Caesar (100% Alpaca, 4 oz) from Sakina Needles.

Approximately 216 yds. Wpi and other such info to come later. ;)

About 1/3 of the way through spinning this, the lightbulb went off in my head and I totally got drafting. Like really got it. So the last 2/3 of the fiber were spun very evenly, as a laceweight single.

Once plied, it turned into a light fingering weight, with some laceweight spots and a couple of sport/DK weight spots. Consistency is something I'm striving for.

Still though, I'm pleased like crazy with it. And it's a good amount of yardage, so I can actually do something with it.

Start to finish shots: (click to make bigger)