Saturday, in Estes Park, at the Wool Market, turned out to be a splendid day. The weather was perfect. The company was marvelous. And the market was…overwhelming. Wonderful Guy is fortunate, indeed, that we have a strict HOA policy toward livestock. I so would have brought me home some goats. And maybe some sheeps, too.
Instead, I brought home a fleece from a Jacob sheep,
Instead, I brought home a fleece from a Jacob sheep,
some more alpaca (not a whole lot),
some mohair locks,
and some dyed merino roving. It's called Cranberry!
Like I needed something more to spin…
I did not get to meet any fellow bloggers/ravelers. I am sorry that didn’t happen, but my peeps and I arrived about the time of the meet-up and were still getting our bearings.
The new stuff motivated me back to Betsy, the wheel. I filled the second bobbin, and started plying Saturday evening. I have filled one bobbin with 2-ply baby alpaca yarn, and the second bobbin is about half way there. I think the yarn is looking…like yarn, which I guess is good, because that is the point.
In the past, I have soaked and hung the skein to set my yarn. Now I have been reading about not hanging yarn intended for knitting, and needing to ‘whack’ the yarn for fulling.
Agh! So many philosophies! Who is right?! Which to follow?!
4 comments:
You're a better woman than I am, Gunga Din!
The only thing I could make with sheared sheep stuff would be a mess.
Well darn! We might have passed each other and not have known about it. Looks like you brought home some fun stuff.
Wow....that is going to be a lot of spinning. As I said before, it was overwhelming...It was so hard to choose. Since I am a fairly new spinner on a drop spindle, I had to limit myself to the basic beginners rovings. Hoepfully by the time I get through them, I will graduate to merino and the softer stuff. Happy spinning and look forward to seeing the results.
Ah, Grasshopper...
I got nothin'. I just really, really wanted to say that.
I'm guessing like anything where there are many opinions as to the exact right way to do something, do it however works best for you.
How deep.
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