I am at the very beginning of a backstrap project. I do not know yet what the final project will be, but I am spinning alpaca to make something after I finish the cotton practice bands we started in class. I am almost finished spinning the light brown. Then I have cream, fawn and dark brown to go. I may dye some of the fawn and/or cream with natural dyes. I am spinning (and will ply) with a very tight twist. The yarn in the samples Abby showed us was so tightly spun it kinked up if it wasn't under strong tension.