I'm currently spinning 2 oz. the Louet MOOI fiber to be a laceweight 2-ply on my new wheel, with a 35:1 ratio, supported long-draw ... I'm estimating by the time it's done and plied, I'll have spun for about 6 hours (maybe less).  It's a pretty fine single, though not super high twist -- the final 2-ply yarn is 4.5 twists per inch, about 30 wraps per inch.

So, depending how much yarn your scarf needs, an evening may be enough for a scarf's worth -- I have a lovely spindled llama laceweight scarf that's under an ounce.  Most of the llama was spindled on the ferry between Port Angeles WA and Victoria BC during some repeat business trips to Victoria back in my computer days.

Well, six hours would take me well past my bedtime. Hmm. I may have to settle for TWO evenings!

So how is your spinning coming?  I'm wondering how long it takes when I really sit down to do it.  Linda in Billings

I was curious.  I think you did it in very good time.  I have done a lot of lace knitting, but have never actually timed how long it took me to spin the yarn.

How complicated was the pattern for knitting the scarf?  Did you time how long it takes you to knit one?

Gloria in North Bend, Oregon

A major variable in how long it would take to spin the yarn for a scarf would be how the fiber is prepared.  I'm spinning some soy silk (at least I think that's what it is--I didn't label it, being sure that I would, of course, remember what it was in my bulging fiber closet) for a scarf or shawlette to take with me to knit on long flights and odd moments on an Africa trip at the end of May.  This fiber is NOT nice.  It has lots of short bits and clumps.  I'm always having to stop and remove the worst of them.  Leaving some in is making for a more "rustic" yarn than I had anticipated, so I'm changing my view of the scarf or shawlette I'm going to make.  Now, I think, it'll acknowledge the funkiness of the yarn and be a more casual style, not aspiring to be lovely handspun lace.  Of course, I've got time to switch to some of the lovely tussah silk I bought in New Zealand a year ago...THAT spinning would be much more enjoyable and the yarn much dressier.  But hey--soy silk for a menopausal woman.  There must be a market for that!

True confession! I haven't spun any of it yet! I'm waiting for that long evening with no other obligations. I really want to test myself on doing it all in one fell swoop. Could be a while, but I'll keep you posted! -Linda

I know that it would take me more than an evening.  The spinning I could do in one night, but I'd need the second to ply - particularly if it's laceweight!  Good luck, Linda - and please do tell us how this turns out.