Clue one...

Well, so far I've found only trillian42 and turtlegirl read my blog (or at least they're the only ones who guessed). And they have both made the same guess so I'll give a little additional info..

The now yarn in question was the romney roving that came with my wheel. It was not at all a slippery roving and was quite full of junk that had to picked out as I spun.

Feel free to guess again gals... I will hand out another clue with YPF tomorrow.