Even more Merino/silk

Dawson from Ashford.

I like this colour blend it gives a heathery denim yarn.

This is how the sliver looks like.

This is the 2 ply yarn resulting from that sliver.

First skein, 250 grams/662 yards.

Skein #2 250 grams/642 yards.

Skein #3 250 grams/400 yards

Skein #4 250 grams/586 yards

Here they are all together.

A beautiful pile of very soft yarn.  It's been keeping me busy, it's really worth the resulting yarn I think this is absolutely lovely.

Corriedale

A friend brought me some Ashford Corriedale to spin, 

very nice but I feel it a little hard on my fingers skin to spin this fiber,

still I like it.

It's making a nice 2 ply.

Washed and fulled

2 ply of nice and squishy yarn is the result, the colour is deeper more like red wine.  I wouldn't grade this next to skin but more outwear wool grade.

My new spinning wheel

Ashford Country Spinner 2

I finished it with 2 coats of Tung oil and 2 coats of bees wax, now it's all set and ready to spin.