#cormo

[keeperofkats]

Since I adopted a great wheel, I figured I should start wrapping my head around long draw. Conveniently, I have a quill for my Lendrum. It's a scary-ass quill, but it works a treat and I am getting better!

[dilatorysloth]

Day 8 Toadlily (Tricyrtis hirta) Cormo & tweed wool

Rough to handle, but not at all as scratchy as yarn as I feared! The shrinkage post-wash-treament surprised me, buuut I enjoy the sproing it gives so much so that I've kept some of the methods I used :'3

[wander-without-cause]

Completion Day ~ 28 ~

The Pyrenees, Southdown, & Cormo fibers are red completely spun. There's only plying left to do on a couple.

Time to chose a new fiber from The Deep Stash™

[milkweedman]

So, I wanted to get back to that palm comb idea, especially since I finally found what I think is a good comb to use. I'm going to try comparing three methods--hand combing, palm combing, and then just teasing by hand.

Left: the comb for palm combing. This is just a cheap plastic hair comb--the only crucial thing that I'm aware of so far is that the tines need to be evenly spaced (so not one of those graded combs that are fine at one end) and not too close together.

Right: my hand combs. These are just standard two row combs, nothing special or particular about them.

The fibers, from left to right:

1. Ouessant. Stand in for your average fairly fine medium length wool.

2. Cormo (looks all weird bc it's been dyed with baking soda as a modifier, which tends to clump it. Not felted). Very short stapled wool, very fine.

3. Jacob. This particular Jacob is a little greasy and quite strong. Stand in for any coarse wool.

4. Rambouillet. Very fine, but also tons of fine vm. Want to see if I can get any of that out--it's the kind that's too fine to pick out by hand, so.

I already know the palm comb can produce a somewhat worsted prep--but I never did figure out how to spin true worsted yarn on spindles of any kind, and can only do it on my wheel. So I'm going to try spinning all three preps on my wheel into a worsted yarn, and see how they compare.

I also want to figure out a little bit more about speed--I think the palm combs are slightly faster, so if they're almost as good a prep, that would be a good advantage !

Will do all my preps and report back with pictures.

[hanar-wearing-a-sweater]

Tour de Fleece 2019 week 1

Week one of Tour de Fleece has been pretty successful. I've definitely spun faster yardage, but this cormo is really fighting me with neps and vm. It's gorgeous though, and I'm excited to try and learn to chain ply it today for the first challenge day.

The cormo has all been spun on Cleopatra, my Kromski Symphony, and then I have a pound of grey that I'm working on with my homemade drop spindles (featuring my masterful hypermobile manspreading). Dorian is also confused about the bit of his fur I spun :D

My progress chart was stolen with permission from another spinner whose name I really should have caught; isn't it just the cutest though!!

[makingyarn]

I just added 12, 4 Oz bumps of this gorgeous natural domestic cormo wool that I had locally processed to my shop. It’s an absolute dream to spin and a limited offer so grab some while you can! #ontheround #yarn #cormo #domesticwool #madeintheusa #igspinners #handspunstagram #spinnersofinstagram (at ontheround) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtL-NoogeuW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=voq6f1amf72

[clogging]

The Place to be by Christopher-Schlaf

[mizzkodak82]

My very first #bobbin is done! I learned a lot from this spin. #fibre is #cormo i purchased ages ago on #ravelry #destash. I learned that i need to #threadle slower and #bamboo #fiber is not to my liking. I guess ill give it a few day to rest before i ply it. #kromskiminstrel #kromski ##spinnersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BmeNEx1noIz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1efl20vu8ws83