Knit feather scarf

In April of 2023 I attended Midwest Fiber Festival where I finally took the plunge into buying the spindle and fiber that kickstarted my spinning journey. I spun up the white wool here as my first (difficult, lumpy) adventure. And then after that, over ambitious as always, I tackled the beautiful merino braid.

As anybody who spins knows, merino is quite a difficult fiber, and I was very inexperienced. Still, I spun it all up on my turkish spindle into many hanks of yarn. Because I have an aversion to working with overly chunky yarn, I decided to leave it as singles and not ply it. I wet finished the singles and weighed them down to straighten them out. You can see I ended up with quite an inconsistent product, but it's all part of the learning.

My summer project was turning much of the yarn into a knit product. I chose the Pincha shawl, though I ended up making it a fair bit longer (not sure I should have though). This was my first short rows pattern and I really loved it. The ombre of the fiber helped create a really great pattern in the shawl feathers without any input from me.

Success!