The Tea...

...Clubs for JUNE only are now listed in the shop:

Tea and Yarn

Tea and Fiber

The clue this month is: In Full Bloom

Thank you for looking!
Angela

Fiber Friday...

...and it's been a good one! I was able to get this fiber spun up this week. I got it long ago and was waiting until I was good enough to spin a fingering/sport weight for a pair of socks! It is from Bird's Nest Yarns.

It is Superwash Merino and Nylon and it spun up beautifully, it is so soft and easy to spin fine.

It is 4 ounces and 200 yards. 3 ply (navajo ply) and sport weight. I have new questions every time I spin something and this time it's how many ounces do I need to spin 400 yards of fingering/sport weight in a 3 ply? I can make a pair of short socks with this, but not tall ones for sure!  I got a new sock book and want to try out knitting from the toe up, can't wait to get started actually! I don't think this skein is going to say in this form much longer, I'm going to get it into a ball pretty quick I think!
Here are a few close up shots, as you can tell I'm pretty proud of this one!

 EDITED TO ADD: 

This isn’t no sport weight! I did a swatch on size 3 needles, way too small, size 7, way good. I’m confused :-(

It looks, feels and measures up to other commercial sport weight, but it doesn’t behave like it when knitted. Any suggestions, what’s up with handspun yarn? Should it be similar to commercial yarn? For example: 3.5-4 ounces = around 200 yards worsted or 3.5-4 ounces = 400 + yards fingering? The look and feel will be different perhaps?? HELP! So if the above is true, then my yarn here is worsted weight and I’ve got a long way to go to get a 3 ply sport, let a lone fingering weight! Yikes! 

Now I’m disappointed I can’t make socks with this…