Murky Scarf

This is a recent scarf knit from hand-spun Rambouillet.

I bought this hand dyed braid at a spinning event in early 2020, just before the pandemic. I loved the colors. This was well before I had tried any dyeing myself, so it all still seemed like magic. I decided to spin it as a fractal spin. I divided the braid in half lengthwise and then divided half of it again. I really need to keep better notes since I can’t remember exactly how many time I divided it.

Sadly I don’t think this artist is dyeing braids anymore, just yarn. But I love the color, Murky. And I love spinning Rambouillet.

I was spinning it on a wheel that has a Woolee Winder which constantly moves the yarn back and forth on the bobbin. In this way, there are no built up piles of yarn on the bobbin. There are advantages, you can usually get more on the bobbin and you are relieved of the task of moving the yarn guide periodically. But, you also don’t get to see the individual colors as they appear.

I plyed the yarn on my EEW 6.0 electric wheel because it has a large 8 ounce bobbin. Right from the start you can see the colors come together and then move apart.

After finishing I counted 320 yards. It was fun to just look at. But eventually I decided to knit a scarf that my knitting group friends were raving about.

The pattern for the one row scarf can be found on the Yarn Harlot blog.

After winding the yarn into the ball that I like to knit from, I tried several needle sizes and settles on US10.5 needles and CO 26 stitches.

I didn’t want any yarn left over so I just kept knitting and the scarf is about 6 feet long. This picture really shows how the fractal spin causes the colors to move in and out of sequence. Sometimes the red and greens are together and sometimes they are mixed.

I hope you like the scarf, spun from Fierce Fiber wool and knit with a pattern from Yarn Harlot. As always, your polite and helpful comments are welcome.