I dusted Hebbie off last night and oiled him up. I tried spinning some of the darker ShetlandX dyed fleece. I didn’t card it and deliberately didn’t worry about any slubs, as I am aiming for an art yarn rather than a garment yarn – but I did try to keep it as thin a …
Monthly archives: January 2008
You know…
You know that you married the right man when… …he fondles your freshly dyed and still wet fleece while uttering the words “I can’t wait to see this spun up!” 🙂
Ooh, colours!
Here is some of the fleece that we dyed yesterday. It’s in artificial light and with flash, so the colours are way off. It looks lovely in reality and I cannot wait to spin it up. However, I feel honour bound to get those BFL tops completed. As I am trying to up my spinning …
Those socks
Those socks? The anniversary ones? Yes. Maybe in time for next year? *blush* #1 Husband does not have a #1 Wife, sad to say.
A blue and green and aqua and purple new year
Spinning day today was largely given over to dying. We dyed two panfuls this morning – one each of two different fleeces in order to compare and contrast. After the ladies had left I dyed another three panfuls. All five results are very different. ‘Tis a mystical business indeed. No photos yet – it has …
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