Here’s yarn 2. It’s 100% better than yarn one, so it’s only bad, not awful. I love it. I was definitely able, through pre-drafting, to get closer to a more consistent yarn size. If you look carefully on the left, you can see the size I was going for in the whole thing.
I also think I’m overspinning, but I refuse to be too bummed about that until I see how this plies up. And until I get my fiber consistency better. One challenge at a time.
Also, I am sore as shit. My shoulders are basically like “fuck you, we’re never moving again.”
I’m very torn between plying this and working it up, as is, into a hat. Maybe I’ll wait to make a decision until I get the blue done.
Tiny Cat Pants 
When my mom and a friend were practicing spinning they used the lumpy practice yarn for something (I forget what–might have been a hat!). I remember it knitted up kind of cool…the differing size made some interesting texture. It looks gorgeous!
Lumpy yarn is a feature. I mean, you can buy commercial yarns *made* to look like that, so… embrace the lumps. You *meant* to do that.