My own spinning has got started. After the success of my previous spinning attempt, when I took the time to make samples, I did the same thing again.
I tried a bit of spinning in the worsted style to create a semi-worsted single, but was happier with the woolen style. The samples on the card are all woolen. The photo below shows a close up of the samples.
The singles I spun were very fine in comparison to my previous attempts at spinning. I think this was due to the beautifully fine fibre preparation. The fibres drafted so simply it was a piece of cake to get a fine single. As the single was so fine I have decided that I prefer the 3-ply yarn. I haven't quite decided if I'm going to chain ply it or do a true 3-ply. There is no advantage of doing either method because the colour is fairly uniform without massive changes through the length of the singles.
In the above photo you can see that though there are parts of the punis that are darker (probably the yak) these areas are blended really well. As the single is so fine, these areas won't be too overwhelming in any one place of the yarn, especially as 3-ply.
I am really enjoying spinning these punis. Doing long-draw spinning is great fun and I know it's faster than spinning in a worsted style. I'm amazed at how fine I am getting the singles.
I think the yarn that I can create out of them is going to be really beautiful. I can also see a great many more punis in my future as they are such fun to spin. I finally understand what all those US podcasters have been talking about so enthusiastically.
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