This album accompanies the article on hand spinning hand painted sliver and tops Rainbow Top Stripped and predrafted This is a 2 ply dk weight yarn made by splitting the rainbow top before spinning. The single was then plied back on itself. Close-up of the rainbow 2 ply Purple Twist top Variegated tops make great novelty yarns. This skein is a knot yarn, made by letting the singles run over themselves at spots while plying. Close-up of the knot yarn Maize top I stripped the maize top into (I think) 8 strips, then chain plied the finished single to preserve the colour repeats as much as possible. Chain plied maize. Inland waters top. A thick, soft single. Fireside top I stripped the top into fairly thin sections (I think I did 8 or 16 strips), then spun a fairly firm fingering weight single which I fulled before knitting A garter stitch scarf knit with the fireside yarn. Common brush top. I stripped the top into fairly fine strips to preserve the colours, then plied the single upon itself to mix them up a bit. The common brush skein