Homesteading In The Pacific Northwest

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Irish Oats

Ingredients:
1 ounce natural oatmeal BFL
1/2 ounce tussah silk
1/4 ounce fawn alpaca
1/4 ounce dark chocolate alpaca
a pinch of copper bling


Run the ingredients through a drum carder, packing well.  For "Country Oats" run it through once; for "City Oats" run it through twice...



...doff ...


... and form into batts ...


...apply to a spinning wheel to form a 20 wpi single ...



Spin two bobbins and set them into a tensioned Lazy Kate ...



...and ply with 12 counts per pull ...


 Repeat above steps 5 times to form 300 yards of yarn.

Using size 10 needles, cast on 18 ... 
Rows 1 - 4: k18
Row 5: k4, p10, k4
Row: 6 k18
Repeat rows 5 and 6 until scarf measures about 6' long
Repeat Rows 1 - 4
Bind off




Enjoy!

2 comments:

  1. In the batts it looks like my Nanny's hair. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

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  2. Hey Lady, What happened to that great video post you posted yesterday? It's not showing up. Great video!!

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