Convergence

You know I like to knit, to spin and to do beading; all have been recorded here.  Today I want to show you what happens when the three end up being involved in one rather small project.

When I spin even when I weigh the roving in grams the split often ends up being imperfect.  A half of a gram can create much yarn when it is spun thin.  When I spun Grouse and had carefully weighted out the roving there remained a fair amount of a blue/green single ply.

Some of my leftover Grouse single ply

As I was reorganizing my stash I came upon an inexpensive light-weight linen in a colour that looked as if it would work with that leftover Grouse.

I think this was a dollar or two from a discount shop

In spinning class last week the instructor indicated one could add beads to yarn by simply stringing lots of beads on roving or even beading string and then plying it with yarn to create a yarn that has beads already attached.  At first I thought I might be able to add the beads to the linen, but the bead size would be too large for the yarn.  So I ended up putting the beads on Fireline and then add them as I plied the linen and merino Grouse yarn I spun. 

The green beads and Fireline

Below is a close-up photo of what this plying created:

I don't have a plan for this yarn; as photographed it has not yet had the ply set, so it is more bouncy than I like.  This convergence will allow me to test knit and determine in a small sample how well adding beads this way works.  The resulting knowlege will be well worth the hour or so I spent putting it together.