#at a certsin point i might have to admit that i am becoming a fine spinner simply out of a zest for 4 ply sock yarns

[milkweedman]

I haven't blocked this yet--so far the other two puffed up a ton, so I wanted to get a picture first, because I'm very happy with it. It's chain plied, but so much more even than my chain plied yarns usually are. I think it's only a bit thinner than the 4 ply main yarn, so I still couldn't get this singles as thin as the 4 ply yarn. Glad I stopped trying to 4 ply it, I guess.

It's also got subtle stripes, which is always appreciated.

Unfortunately though it's only 22 yards, which is not very long. I am hoping to do a small black sheep on the heel since I'm working it flat, so I could do fair isle instead of intarsia. I'm not sure if I'll have enough for that but I could also just put it on the ankle or leg and use the thicker yarn (earlier failed attempts to spin the dark southdown locks fine enough) to knit the body of the sheep so it's a bit bigger. Please nobody suggest I embroider or duplicate stitch it on, I'm not doing that to myself