Turquoise single

I finally decided to use my turquoise for a bit of experimentation at the weekend. I strung some beads onto beading thread and started to ply the beading thread with the turquoise fibre and some green crochet cotton I had in my stash. I used lime green seed beads and slightly larger green beads . Halfway through the single I decided to change my approach and create some super coils. Seeing as the single I’d spun was roughly dk weight, I can’t really say ‘super’ but I really like the effect it gave. I still incorporated the beads, although the small seed beads seemed to get lost in the condensed yarn, the larger beads poke out every inch or two. I really liked this effect and carried this on for the rest of the yarn. I occasionally put a little gimp in and pushed this up the beading thread core to create the slubs you can see above. I’m thinking of using the supercoiled half for a framed piece of art, and keeping the rest of the skein for details in my knitting. What do you think?! I really enjoyed spinning with beads, although I’m not a fan of knitting with beaded yarn. I do however think that this yarn will work really well as a piece of art, and I’m excited to see how it turns out. I’ve got an old frame at home that I found in a charity shop which I think will look good with this yarn. Keep watching this space x