While I was up to my ears in carded Corridale and the wonder of a wheel, my wonderful aunt—the same aunt who showed me the SpinOff magazine—sent me a package of fiber. And not just any fiber. Four lovely ounces of Northern Lights in the “Violets” colorway. I was supposed to spin them up for her to use in a knitting project. The fiber drafted beautifully! It was so nice to have the thin strip to work from instead of the big chunks that I would pull off from the sliver or top. And the colors! Excuse me while I go gaze at them again. The camera did not do them justice.

Spun Northern Lights