Now I know these little tape measures from Lantern Moon have been around for quite some time. The white ones are cute, the somewhat elusive black ones are adorable, but this little brown guy was totally irresistible!! (The camera picked up a few rouge fibers on his face - that have since been removed. He's now perfectly beautiful). He came home with me, in lieu of a fleece to spin. Perhaps next year - but I'm just not ready for that yet - not sure I'll ever be. .
The wool festival was fun, although I'm sure small compared to many found around the country. We had torential rains just moments prior to leaving home, but the rain gods were good to us the rest of the day. Melissa went with me, and she brought home a sizable bag of goodies. I was primarily good - trying to keep in mind my current stock of unspun fiber.
Speaking of which, this 4 oz SW Merino braid (another Christmas fiber from my son) was spun last night,
and plied this morning into this super soft, cushy, worsted weight yarn.
And late last week, the postlady brought this to my door.
While I ponder on that though, I still have one more braid of my Christmas fiber. (Talk about Christmas in July, urrrr - June I guess!). And I saved the best for last.......
8 comments:
Beautiful handspun yarn! I love the AllSpunUp colorway!
I've been stocking up on natural fiber, so I can either ply it with, or use on it's own in colorwork. Have yet to spin some of it.
What a cute tape measure!
Wow!! You are a fast spinner. Did you really spin that all in one day? I'm still working on consistency, but am very slow. The finished yarn is beautiful. I like your idea of plying with a more neutral yarn. Gotta try that soon.
Love the sheep!!! I have a white one and while I know the black ones exist, I've never seen one in person. But that brown one is adorable!!!
Wow...these things are really cool and can serve the purpose of Christmas gifts
Another beautifully spun skein of yarn. You are amazing!
Awww, what a cute little brown sheep and very unusual too. I love the Allspunup colorway! Your sw FC Merino is also pretty! Maybe I should have spun WW wt with mine instead of fingering wt.
Oh, I love both those fibers! You'll love spinning the Polwarth, if it's new to you. Such a fine, soft fiber!
I love your little sheep guy, he's adorable. Yes, I agree they have been around awhile, but usually we talk ourselves out of buying them at the LYS. I finally broke down and bought the turtle, I'll have to do a quick post on him too. Loving your handspun, you truly amaze me on how you have just run with this and doing so well. I'm so proud and envious of course!
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