Tour de Fleece: Ormeau Merino

My first skein is off the ground. This is a three ply machinewash merino, hand-dyed by Mandie at Ewe Give Me the Knits. It ended up at 16wpi and 270m. That is a bit short, and a bit thicker than I was aiming for, but it is my first three ply so I am happy.

I split the roving in three length-wise, and managed to reverse one of them before spinning. This means I have a nice tweedy yarn, rather than a self-striping yarn. However, I love the colours, so I am happy.

I had grand plans for this Tour de Fleece (a Tour-de-France-long spinning frenzy). I was going to spin 3 pairs worth of 3ply sock yarn. So far, I have completed one. Admittedly, I finished it over a week ago. And if I magically finish all my spinning projects before Sunday, then I will finish skeins of 3ply. Somehow I doubt that will happen.

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