It was a joy to spin. The fiber maintained the nice crimp merino is known for. A gentle tug here and there was enough to make the fiber flow through my fingers.
I made this sample skein yesterday afternoon and evening. It's about a sport-DK weight, weighs in at 25 grams, Navajo-plied to keep the colors pure.
I'm sure I could think of a lot of creative ways to use an ongoing supply of sample-size skeins. But more importantly, by getting a sample I was exposed to a new source of hand-dyed spinning fibers and was able to experience first-hand the quality of the fiber. I'm definitely going to cruise the Sweet Pea shop for future offerings.
And Now The Weather Report
In spite of a trend toward spring-like conditions, and the premature switch to Daylight Savings Time, winter has not entirely surrendered its grip. This connect-the-dots scene was taken under the giant silver maple tree in my front yard. Drips of melting snow and ice are landing in the thin coating of snow we got last night. As a rule, I don't believe in complaining about the weather: it's not as if I can do anything about it. And, in general, I would rather be too cold than too hot any day of the year. But Chez SABLE we are all well and truly ready for spring.
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I feel the exact same way. I'd rather be cold than hot any day, and it's not that I don't like the snow or anything, but I am well and truly sick of it.
I'm mostly ready to open the windows, maybe wash them, wash the curtains, and while they dry on the line I'll sit on the porch in the sun and knit.
Oh, any day now, don't you think?
Ready for spring here, too, though we know that we'll be teased for a while...
Yes, better cold than hot. Easier to breathe, to move, and to add more clothes. There's a subtraction limit on clothes. Still, I haven't hit the wall yet. I'm pacing myself because March is the longest month.
I love the product of your spinning, although I don't know how you make that Navajo ply.
Bellissimo!
That IS beautiful yarn, I swan it's almost enough to make me want to take up spinning.....*almost*. (I'd love to, but maybe next incarnation.) As *I* write (on the 14th, 2 AM) it's scheduled to be in the "lower 50s" today. Is winter over? None of us Wisconsinites would tempt fate by saying so, but it IS mid-March true enough. (Although there is OFTEN a final snowstorm on St. Paddy's and basketball championship day)
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