This is the last of four planned yarns that I am making using the last of the black Jacob wool that I have from fleece that I got several years ago. For this one I spun up the last of the black Jacob and then I spun up the 63g of 100% Merino from that I overdyed in June 2023, it was previously a repulsive "Hot Pink" or "Barbie Pink" colour that was in a "mixed bag" that I bought for my "ingredients cupboard" but I was never going to use it as it was so the time had come to over-dye it in a useable colour.
I spun each of them separately and then just plied them together until one of them ran out. As it happened, I ran out of the Jacob before I ran out of Merino so once I had finished the yarn I made a small skein of Merino by making an Andean plying bracelet of the remaining single on the bobbin and plied it back to itself. The main skein is 52.5% Jacob, 47.5% Merino.
I love the way the colours of the Merino are constantly changing between blue/lilac/purple and plying that with the black Jacob really makes the colours pop. It is similar but different to "Night Sky" so I have called it "Sky at Night".
This has turned out to be sport weight and there is 99g/244m
For comparison between the two...
This one is the top one of the two, the bottom one is the one I spun up on 6th December 2023, which was a little thicker too.
The remaining Merino, I spun back to itself so that this little skein is 100% Merino and is sport weight and 12g/33m and I've called it "Magic".
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