Pygmalion

Like the mythical Greek sculptor, I have fallen in love with my own creation. Here is my recipe for happiness: Take these two bobbins...

...and ply them into this.

The yarn looks unremarkable enough at this point, but it has secrets hidden beneath that top layer.

Those streaks of sunny yellow and orange make me giddy. They're just the thing to brighten up my winter days.

Fiber: superwash merino from Crazy Monkey, colorway "Autumn Leaves"
2 ply
20 wpi, fine fingering weight
110 grams
510 yards

The colorway of the roving may have been called "Autumn Leaves," but it reminds me more of fruit punch or those rum swizzles I drank in the Caribbean a few years ago. In any case, it's delicious.

I think I'm in love with spinning superwash merino. It drafts so smoothly that I hardly had to do any predrafting at all. Easy drafting led to rather consistent singles. And for the first time, my singles were very close to the same length.

Best of all, this yarn is sproingy and smooshy (only made-up words can adequately describe it). I am completely amazed at how much bounce it has. It's positively elastic. And the yardage! I can hardly believe I made this. Spinning is awesome.