Results of Wednesday's Spinning

I finished spinning the rest of that luscious Indigo Moon Farm fiber and plied it. I even figured out how to use the skein winder all by myself! Amazing! I couldn't wait to wash it before taking pictures:

These skeins are hot off the skein winder, unwashed and tired looking. And how did I do on my spinning goals, to create a textured, slightly thick and thin heavy worsted weight yarn? Well. The yarn is still skinnier than I had hoped. Maybe it will fluff up some when it's washed. As for texture, I did okay, there's some thick&thinness there. Unfortunately I think it will pretty much disappear when it gets knit up -- that's the next test.

I need to work on getting more twist in my yarn. When I ply it, in order to get a balanced skein (and actually, these two skeins are quite well-balanced), I get a very loosely-plied product. I would like my yarn to be rounder, more tightly plied. I presume that means it needs more twist to start with. I did a modified long draw with these skeins, figuring spinning quickly might result in "sloppier" thick and thin yarn, which it did, but then of course there wasn't much twist in the plied yarn. Hmmmmm. How to get a tighter ply and still keep the texture. I'll have to work on that.

I have ended up with about 6 1/2 ounces of a worsted weight yarn. Don't know what I'll do with it, socks maybe. I have to remember to reinforce the heels and toes. I could call them "Spa Socks". Ooooh, I could put those suede sole thingies on the bottom and wear them to next year's Spa! "Spa Soles"! Sounds like a plan. I like it.