Mellow Yellow

There is something about free that is hard to resist.  It is even harder when I have an idea that I want to do with the item.  Free in this case was roving.  Not a color, I actually tend to pick.  But it would be a great accent color for the green yarn I spun I while back.

Thanks to a fellow spinner and knitter, I ended up with a little bit of yellow Vermont raised BFL lamb/alpaca roving.  It was really sticky.  My guess, is it thought about felting when it was dyed plus there was still a lot of lanolin in it. 

I ripped the roving into splinters. And then let it clump when it wanted to while doing the inch worm style of drafting to provide control.  For plying, I wound a two tailed ball and plied off both ends.  There was a fun tangle towards the end of plying.  I always put overspin in the singles.  One count had 78 yards and another 66.

Sometime, I will decide between a hat or wrist warmers.  Then the yellow and dark green will meet.