Today, its cold. And it's raining. Yes, raining. On November 10th... Where's our snow?! But when it gets dreary, I like to spin, and boy do I ever have a lot to spin right now!
On Sunday, I dyed up nearly 3 lbs of wool. It was the first time I've done a huge batch like that in years. Literally. Sure I've done some quick stick it in a jar solar dyeing, but nothing like hand painted rovings, or kettle dyed locks. My first two rovings turned out quite hideous, but sometimes a hideous roving turns into a beautiful yarn. I call it the ugly duckling effect.
Anyway, enough words. Time for a whole bunch of color!
Four different colorways here, left most 2 are merino top, and the two on the right are Cotswold roving.
These are a few of the beautiful BFL locks I hand washed. They took color beautifully.
8oz kettle dyed merino top. It's spinning up quite wonderfully.
These first two are the ones I'm considering ugly ducklings. The yellow in the back is not an ugly duckling, it's beautiful. It's all Cotswold.
Some of this will be spun up, and some will be sold as rovings, mostly for thrummed mittens, as I'm not certain there's a single spinner up here, besides myself! Though I do intend to change that, by having a few drop spindle kits at the craft fair on the 20th!
Anyway, back to spinning for me! Hope you are having a wonderful day!
~Kara
