Using the samples I made in Katie Weston’s Spinning with Colour class at the AGWSD Summer School 2019.

Each day’s samples were around a theme of either a dye style and/or a spinning/plying style to explore how different approaches would affect the finished yarn/knitting. I started knitting in the centre with the Monday 1 sample and worked out chronologically. I didn’t manage to finish all the samples during the week (or even start some of them!), but have kept them in the order they should have been even if I actually spun them in a different order so that they make thematic sense.

I worked a crochet provisional cast on.

For the edges that will be picked up I am working sl1 pwise wyif for the last stitch of the row, and working k1 tbl for the first stitch of the row.

To join, I am working to last stitch, then sl1 kwise, knit up edge chain stitch, psso, turn sl1 pwise wyif then knit rest of row.

Monday

1. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Not split or predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from Andean plying bracelet

2. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Split into 4 sections lengthwise and predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from Andean plying bracelet

3. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Not split or predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

4. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Split into 4 sections lengthwise and predrafted
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

5. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Not split or predrafted
Plying Style: Chain ply

6. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Split into 4 sections lengthwise and predrafted
Plying Style: Chain ply

Tuesday

1. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

2. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

3. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Formed gradient spun from the fold
Plying Style: Chain ply

4. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Fractal. 1st ply = half of braid split vertically. 2nd ply = 2 x quarter of braid split vertically spun sequentially
Plying Style: 2ply

5. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Combination draft. Top split into several uneven sections vertically. Then split into uneven lengths. Spun holding several lengths together
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

6. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Fractal. 1st ply = spun straight. 2nd ply = 2 x half of braid split vertically spun sequentially. 3rd ply = 4 x quarter of braid split vertically spun sequentially.
Plying Style: 3ply

7. Dye Style: Repeating
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Drum carded
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

Wednesday

1. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

2. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

3. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply from centre-pull ball

4. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast with white parts
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

Thursday

1. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Damson and then Dream

2. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Burgundy and then Fuschia

3. Dye Style: Variegated High Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool moorit Shetland and then World of Wool grey Corriedale

4. Dye Style: Variegated Low Contrast
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool dark brown Corriedale and then World of Wool brown BFL

5. Dye Style: Variegated
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply plied with hand dyed braid in bright pink, mid blue and dark blue

6. Colourway: 1 ply in hand dyed ginger brown and green, and 1 ply in hand dyed reds and oranges
Plying Style: 2ply

7. Colourway: 1 ply in hand dyed jade green with a little grey, and 1 ply in hand dyed jade green with a little orange and a little pinky purple
Plying Style: 2ply

8. Colourway: Hand dyed ginger brown and green
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Rust and then Jade

9. Colourway: Hand dyed jade green with a little orange and a little pinky purple
Plying Style: 2ply plied with World of Wool merino in Jade and then Fuchsia

Friday

1. (separate sample)
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Used slowest speed on wheel
Plying Style: 2ply
Needles: 8mm

2. (separate sample)
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Used second slowest speed on wheel
Plying Style: 2ply
Needles: 7mm

3. (separate sample)
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Used fastest speed on wheel
Plying Style: 2ply
Needles: 2mm

4. Dye Style: Gradient
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Spinning Style: Low twist
Plying Style: Single
Finishing: Dunked in hot then cold water to lightly full.

5. Dye Style: Mirror Gradient
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: 2ply

6. Dye Style: Gradient
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

Saturday

1. Fibre: Soy Silk
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

2. Fibre: Rambouillet
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

3. Fibre: BFL
Colourway: Sweet Pea
Plying Style: Chain ply

Extras

1. Dyer: Owl About Yarn
Fibre: British Masham
Plying Style: Chain ply

2. Dyer: Wild Spinster
Fibre: Norwegian wool
Colourway: Candyman
Plying Style: Chain ply

3. Colourway: Bronze, midnight blue, kingfisher, and jade
Spinning Style: Colours arranged so that all three separate plys have the same colour progression.
Plying Style: 3ply

4, 5, & 6. Fibre: Various
Plying Style: Chain ply

Finished with some undyed fibre used for practising and a couple of handspun yarns left over from previous projects.