Mojave Three

I finished my last single last night.  The three bobbins are supposed to have 3 ounces each.

 They are decidedly uneven.  One bobbin definitely has less and could use some from the almost full one.  I divided the roving by splitting in thirds.  I didn't weigh it.

And I found out I have been doing my ratio marks backwards. Sigh, I was using the small numbers for the small whorls.  It should be the big number because as it was point out to me, it is the number of times the whorl spins for one revolution of the wheel.

Bearing that in mind the singles were spun with a ratio of 16:1.

Mojave Roving

This was started a couple of months ago.  It is Ashland Bay Merino roving which comes in fun colors.  I always have trouble anticipating how the colors are going to spin up.
Here is the roving which clearly shows the different colors that are blended.  I was expecting some pops of gold.  The single as shown below is far more tweedy than I thought it would be.

The singles are being done with a ratio of 6.5:1.  That is my smallest whorl.

I keep wondering if I would like to pick up the smaller whorl sometime.