Mermaid

My little mermaid had her photo shoot in the lilac tree over the weekend:


This is a two-ply Colonial wool, dyed by Ruby's Daughter, in her Bluesy Purple colorway. I had the same problem with this yarn that I had with Carnevale; there are sections that barely seem plied at all, where the singles seem to just lay next to one another, but I have to ply it that loose to get them to balance. I assume I'm just not putting enough twist into the singles to start with.

I was also forced to admit that my bobbins are nowhere near four ounces. Mermaid is actually two skeins, because I filled my first bobbin to the point where my wheel refused to turn anymore, and still had about a third again left over. Yet another good reason to pick up a plying bobbin/flyer unit this weekend.