Two Ounces Before Breakfast

I guess you know it is a serious fiber addiction when you wake up at 5am and the first thought is the combed wool from the night before and what that will look like plied. Hence I got up and spun two ounces before breakfast. It looked like this............

I love these colors together. Brown, periwinkle, burnt orange. It may sound odd but it would be great for an autumn garment, maybe a hat or gloves, a vest. This is entirely Rambouilett that I dyed as locks and then combed together, blending the colors on the combs before pulling the roving. It spun like a dream and this little two ounce skein sample was 70 yards - a good fingering weight.

Earlier in the week I posted about the gray Corriedale (Tim) and this is how that skein turned out. It was 4.3 ounces and 160 yards. It has a good shine to it and is not entirely matt like merino. This fleece is very uniform in color and the skein would make a good garment, depending on how wool sensitive you are.

And a little closer. Not quite as small as fingering weight but not bulky either.

Slow Spinning Update

This is the first half of the skein of what will be fingering weight yarn from the combed Corriedale fiber (Tim). There are probably many ways to do this, but what I do is to weigh out each half of the skein. The basket below is holding 2.3 ounces of combed fiber. The spool above is holding the exact same amount. When I finish spinning the fiber in the basket I will ply the two spools together. This wool is spun worsted with a short forward draw as opposed to the long backward draw of woolen. 

Monday Slow Wool & Projects

This is how the morning is beginning here at the sunrise of the week. The bunny (who has been absent from this blog FAR TOO long) has been out checking out the little bunny yard that I've constructed for him outside. This is basically a dog exercise yard that can be moved around, which is helpful because Harper does not like heat and sunlight. As you can see he is in Large Bunny mode and about ready to be sheared again. He produces about 8 ounces each shearing which happens about three times a year. Harper is a Satin Angora.

Slow wool - also know as clean fleece ready to be combed. This is part of the combing for this week. A super nice Corriedale that won the NM State Fair Blue Ribbon. From Westfarthing Farm in Edgewood, NM. The sheep is named Tim McGraw........ how do country singers feel about having sheep named after them? Is it because you like the singer or because you don't?????

This last project is the beginning of the knitting needles we sell that are size 50. I paint the tops and this being so close to Easter a friend asked me to paint some wooden eggs he made. That is all on the docket too....

Hope you all have a grand week.