We interrupt this broadcast of purchased fiber with a spinning project update.
You might remember the wool I kettle dyed while my aunt was here. (See Dyed in the Wool) When I finally got around to carding it I realized that I had accidentaly felted over half of it in the final rinse. Mental note to self: Do not try to work the soap into the wool, even gently. It creates a mess.
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