Fractal Yarn, Part 2

This weekend we got together to spin up the dyed roving from the last meeting. The 'fractal' yarn is spun using thicker and thinner torn pieces of roving so that the color striping length varies. The result when plied is a colorful yarn with a lot of contrasts.

Cora also got an opportunity to learn to spin on one of her mom's wheels. She made some lovely 'art yarn' for her first attempt. I pulled out the iPad and brought my mom to the meeting via Face Time to join in the spinning and plying. Then we invented a new Olympic sport: the 30-yard long draw! Aunt Pat had *almost* got the two bobbins of yarn to match for plying, but the difference was enough that she needed 6 extra hands to walk the length away while she made the tails match up to keep spinning. We stretched it all the way from the table under the canopy up to the gate next to Latte's run!