
Sweetheart Yarn
I finished the lovely pink, merino/tencel yarn! It’s a surprisingly consistent yarn, except for one point about a quarter away from the end when it changes weight. Apparently I started it spinning a lot thinner and forgot. Ah well. It happens.
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Look what is showing through my once-enormous pile of turquoise fiber.

I Can See The Bottom!
This is all I was able to make before running out of purple locks to stick into the thin single.

The Finished Lumpy
Actually, I’m rather glad I ran out. It was getting a little tiring. I have a few chunks of badly felted locks left, but they don’t look as pretty as the ones in the yarn. That enormous skein on the end was what I got done yesterday. Oh, by the way, all the stuff you’re seeing here are things I got done yesterday. It was late when I got around to winding things down, so I didn’t get this up until now. I shall try to be better about that.
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I’m definitely behind schedule today. Christmas cookies took up the morning, and I was tired the rest of the afternoon. I did, however, play around with a little of the red cookie dough. Here’s my three-ply, peppermint yarn ball!

Cookie, Anyone?
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I must say, this yarn has grown on me. When it arrived in roving form I was a bit skeptical of its turning out well. It’s a heathered blueish-green. Very deep and rich in tone, but with a hint of gray. (For fellow spinners, this is the Ashland Bay “Mountain Meadow” top. Drafts well, and spins up nicely. I got mine from Copper Moose. In other places it might be listed as “Blue Green Colonial Top.”)

Heathered Yarn
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The forest tones Northern Lights yarn is officially done. Eight ounces turned into 469 yards of light worsted weight beauty.
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