This poor semi-felted braid was set aside for a few years, waiting to become dryer balls. 
I grabbed it for car/beach spinning 
It didn’t really want to become yarn, but I got a bit stubborn about it 
It took the better part of a year to spin 
It lived in a bag in the backseat of the car, so each time I went out, I spun a bit. 
Rolling around in the bag and changing temps in the car weren’t doing the non-superwash merino any favors. 
I put a second spindle with a chunk of fiber in the house 
When I filled a spindle, I’d move it on to a bobbin and then start another cop 
When I reached the end of the braid, I decided to swap over to my minispinner and build up that bobbin to match the spindle cops. 
Eventually I had 4 ounces of fiber spun up and stored on spindles, dowels, bobbins, and tp tubes. 
I plied everything together on the minispinner. 
This is by no means fabulously even yarn! The thin spin somewhat hides the wanderinf gauge and the changes in texture from the felted to non-felted fibers. 
Swatching for Shetland Bound 
It seemed like a good match of needle to yarn 
Big Red Chair of Happiness 
Yikes- that looks tighter than I would choose! 
stretched- yup- this is really tight! 
But, I’m not going to risk ripping back and reknitting with this yarn. 
Dry pinned, Looks better than it seemed. 
The color pooling is a bit odd, but it’s growing on me. I’m happy to see this sad, felted braid turn into something new. This is definitely better than dryer balls!
The write up of the Shetland Bound project will come together after I finish knitting and blocking. In the meantime, I’m adding project notes to the photos.
Spindles In the Wild 