I finished plying mom’s yarn this evening, wound it off the bobbin onto the swift, and took a good hard look. It’s actually…pretty! Jag had told me he thought it looked good while I was still plying, but I thought he was just being nice. He has a better color sense than I do; I should have trusted his opinion! I have nearly 6oz of yarn here, which hopefully will be plenty to finish the afghan.

I’m calling this colorway “Pappap Egg”. My grandfather (Pappap) used to dye his Easter egg in a solution made of all the leftover dyes poured into one container. Since this yarn is made up of scraps and bits of leftovers, I think the name is pretty appropriate.

Speaking of those scraps and bits, I won’t be buying any more 1-pound grab bags of leftover fibers from anyone. A lot of them were so compacted, matted and felted, they were an unholy pain in the butt to draft, and the spinning suffered. This is some of the worst spinning I’ve done in a while in terms of evenness. Luckily the crochet pattern and the bright colors will hide some of the texture flaws.