Fiber Follies

Well…yarn barf, that is. And I ain’t showing pictures either.

Unlike actual factual barf, yarn barf is pretty. And it doesn’t stink. But I still ain’t showing it. Suffice it to say that the barf resulted from a bobbin’s indigestion. And my own impatience. Hey, I can still use the fiber, so maybe it won’t be yarn but it will be…something.

Precious Child and I went off to the farm again. She mentioned wanting a custom dyed fiber~Bob had it in the dye vat in minutes. It came out gorgeous. A rosy pinky red, greens, brown, and beautiful. She was very happy with it.  So was Bob.  He made another vat with some similar colours and some remarkable others, coming out with lots of teal along with everything  else.  Really nice.

Naturally I came home with more fiber. From the top, it’s a dyed Wensleydale in several colours with a mainly green cast; suri alpaca/kid mohair in silver; cranberry silk; and merino/tencel in blues with strips of red and grey.

Bob most valiantly tried to prevent me from buying more, as I’d so requested at the previous visit. sigh. I also bought a wonderful covered basket to keep some of the fiber in. And Bob gave me the nice soft ball of suri alpaca and kid mohair. It’s so darn soft I almost can’t feel it. I watched as he ran it through the carder, then he showed me how to make roving of it. Neat process. He handed me that lovely ball, and I can’t wait to make something of it. Right now I like to haul it out and fondle it a bit.

Oh, the purchases: a bit of dyed Wensleydale had caught my attention on an earlier visit. It came home with me.  The Wensleydale is coarser than what I’ve been spinning, but its colours are fantastic. I hope to weave it once it’s all spun. I have some undyed Wensleydale and might try to weave it all up in a plaid. Who knows what it could become, but my first home made plaid? The notion flutters me shriveled little heart.

I’d sent Precious to the shop to find a bit of silk. I want a nice contrast to ply with the gift silk, and she has the best eye. She returned with that beautiful cranberry silk. That ought to make the colours pop, eh?

And of course, that lovely blue merino/tencel. I just plain enjoy spinning this blend. And these colours are satisfying. By the time I get to start in on this, maybe I’ll be accomplished enough to make it into a sock yarn?

Meanwhile, I’m half done spinning the Wensleydale, and nearly finished the merino/tencel that Precious bought me from Susan’s Spinning Bunny. The colours got more intense in the middle of the ball. I’m not sure how I’ll ply this, probably Navajo ply although a cabled ply would look pretty nifty.

Then it’s back to the llama, and on to the cranberry silk, and who knows what else? Oh yeah, the blue and white batts, which should make enough yarn for a sizeable project.

I’ve finished knitting another pair of socks, not bad for me, two pairs knitted in thirteen months (I do work for a living, and was also busy knitting on other things. So there.). By the end of summer I plan to have finished off all the UFOs and started a pile of new projects.

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.