Question about a good project for a small amount of homespun

[untonuggan]

I just learned to spin yarn on a drop spindle. It is fun and amazing! (I have All The Posts about it on my journal if you are interested.) Anyway, my question is this. I spun the following yarn:


Three small skeins of heavy worsted/Aran weight blue-ish-purple-and-white twisted yarn (2-ply)

By my admittedly inaccurate measurements (as I don't have a niddy-noddy), the yarn is about 27 yards long. (I measured by measuring around my arm, which is what I wrapped it around when I turned it into hanks, and then doing multiplication/division). I would call it approximately a heavy worsted/Aran, although as it's "art yarn" homespun (i.e. done by a beginner) it goes thick and thin. It is not of the highest quality because it is practice wool, and it is also feltable.

My question to you, oh knitters of dreamwidth, is what project you would do with this yarn. It is SO gorgeous and pretty. I do not have any more of this exact fiber, so I was thinking of maybe getting something that kind of goes and then making a hat? But that also seems like work for something that is not super soft. I was also thinking of making something and then felting it, but it seems ridiculous to felt something with such nice texture. I could knit it in with machine spun yarn, tis true. I dunno! Maybe it should live in my stash for awhile whilst I think?

Thoughts?

Comments

[rivenwanderer]

I don't have any specific recs, but http://www.leethalknits.com/ has a lot of patterns that seem to go well with homespun/wacky yarns. Also, I'd play around with the idea of striping it in with something solid and dark.

[untonuggan]

I like your color ideas! And thanks for the link. ^___^

[iamshadow]

Maybe a coffee cup cosy? Or a decorative wrist cuff. Or a phone cosy, or something.

[untonuggan]

Hee, that's something I was thinking about too...also, I <3 your icon.

[iamshadow]

Thank you, my partner made it for me. The needles in the background are my Boye Interchangeable kit; the first interchangeable kit I bought. I mainly use KnitPro these days, but at some point I might try hacking the Boye kit to take KnitPro cables. The tips are good, the cables aren't flexible enough.

[visual_syntax]

I'm a hand spinner myself. I like to use yarns like that as an accent in other projects. You could also do a quick scarf with it if you use big needles. Try searching for "art yarn" in ravelry too.

I will have to post some of my latest creations. I did a 35-ish yard long clouds and rainbows art yarn.

[untonuggan]

Oooooh, I like the idea of big needles and this yarn. What size would you recommend, out of curiousity? Also, accents, yes! ^___^

[yamx]

If you intend to keep homespinning, maybe you could wait till you have a bunch of "odd lots" like this, then turn them all into squares for one big quilt? That would be a long-term project, though...

[untonuggan]

That is a good thought, too! Many things to think about. ^___^

[aderam]

You could make a pin-cushion! Something in a funky shape that you could use to store darning needles (because they always go missing).

And that's really pretty! Well done!

[untonuggan]

Thank you for the idea! *ponders*

Also, thanks for the sincere compliment. ^___^

[wyomingnot]

You should just keep it and admire it for a while. Have it out on display.

[untonuggan]

Now that is an idea! *g*