Skein #18 Flax Thick Yarn, Smooth or Textured

Image 1: Fiber Sample Image 2: Yarn Skein Image 3: Yarn Detail

Fiber

Flax

Type

Strick

Reason for choice of this sample

The remaining tow from the stricks make a rough textured yarn.

Source

Preparation for spinning

This is the tow remaining after two combings for other yarns, no further preparation was required

Equipment used

Wool cards, flyer spinning wheel

Type of spinning

Short forward draft

Direction of Twist

Z

Number of plies

1

Finishing

Washed and blocked

Suggested uses

Crochet or use as weft for rough rugs and bags. This yarn is the lowest quality flax and while the fiber makes it strong, it is not suited as warp or any application that demands smooth and strong yarn.

Notes

Maximum 54 points

Examiner 1: 40

Examiner 2: 35

More of the same: "not finished." Examiner 2 commented on excess twist in the yarn. I took out twist because there was too much, and then dried it with a lot of tension. I thought I was going to break my skeinwinder, trying to use it as a yarn blocker.