Author Topic: Such a hard decision (Read 2139 times)

Lesley Silvester · « **on:** July 28, 2014, 11:04:54 pm »

I've been given two gorgeous fleeces - one a Llanwenog and the other a Zwartble. I'm just coming to the end of my WIP and can't make up my mind which to start of first. Heeeelp!!

Fleecewife · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2014, 11:08:50 pm »

Llanwenog

Womble · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2014, 11:16:21 pm »

Zwartble, but I would say that, wouldn't I? TBH, either breed would score pretty highly on a triple word score - can you flip a coin?

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2014, 04:46:11 am »

What a lovely dilemma to have

Llanwenog - great for dyeing, shortish staple, for carding and spinning woollen, makes a bouncy yarn.

Zwartbles - not so good for dyeing as it's black to start with! May have a longer staple and therefore be both cardable and combable, or you could flick and spin from the fold. IME, not such a bouncy yarn, you may want to blend it and/or ply it with something else.

AFAIK, neither has any particular tendency to felt.

Bionic · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2014, 07:58:50 am »

I've been spinning some Llanwenog given to me by Backinwellies. Its quite nice to spin, although for some reason I'm not very good at plying it

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2014, 11:03:14 pm »

That's where mine came from. I think the Zwartble is going to win for the simple reason that I will have just spun up some white wool and quite fancy a change. I don't have to spin the whole fleece before I start on the Llanwenog, after all, although I would like enough to make a jumper.

Bionic · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2014, 07:34:36 am »

You could do a bit of each and make a black and white jumper

Anke · « **Reply #7 on:** July 30, 2014, 11:39:35 am »

You probably don't want to spin a black/dark brown fleece in the winter evening - much more difficult with artificial light (I find). So I would start with the dark one now...