The idea behind this yarn was that the shiny plant based fibers would contrast with the pitch black merino wool fibers and be awesome. That’s not exactly what happened, but I still like this yarn. I started out with commercially dyed merino wool, hand-dyed bamboo and linen fibers, as well as blue hand-dyed silk scraps. My favorite color is blue, so I use it pretty often.
I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to do with the finished yarn, so I carded it up in a very particular way. I planned on knitting this yarn into a scarf, and I wanted the scarf to be a dark rainbow of color. So I carded the black wool and blue silk in every batt, along with the bamboo and linen of the same color. So, purple bamboo and purple linen with black wool and blue silk, and pink bamboo and pink linen with black wool and blue silk …. and so on.
Then I spun it as a single on my lovely Kromski Sonata.
Finally I made it into a skein.
In the end I had about 134 yards of crazy yarn. I also learned that I have a lot to learn about using linen.