Some spinning

I have been playing catch up yesterday and today - making the final yards of two-ply to complete the third scarf.  I might have had enough, but wanted to make sure, so I am combining the spun (blue) yarn and the left over white which should be enough.

I will have to darken the skeins of blue to get a match with the existing dark blue - as it is just a shade or two lighter.

The two blue skeins ready to be dyed a darker blue.

As well as completing the blue skeins this morning I tried out some even finer spinning - the white to the right of the blue yarn is 4 yards of 3 ply.

Trial, 2 and 3 ply

Trying this out came after some mental exercise (Ok and pen and paper) to work out how much wool is needed for a kilt, and what sort of weight it would need to be.  Typically up to 40 ends per inch in the finest - and around 30-35 in heavier would seem reasonable.  That, incidentally works out to around 17,000 yards for a 9 yard kilt (give or take a bit).  So the photo above shows, on the left 2-ply at 40 wraps per inch, and to the right 3-ply 30 wpi. Both from the same singles.

So technically it is possible - however, the time factor would be the killer.  I hate to think how long it would take to spin and ply 17,000 yards.

A quick check on-line shows that I could by enough pre-dyed laceweight wool for around $150.  That might be easier! :-)