recent work

Dyed on Saturday. I’m definately in a color rut. Sure, they’re pretty. But the individual colors tend to mix and mash into more or less one color that is slightly varigated. I end up with “yellow skein”, “pink skein”, “blue skein”. I’m so afraid of making something ugly that I won’t take chances. In the photo below, the top two are the remains of the South African Fine. On the bottom is Falklands. I just ordered another pound of Falklands, one of BFL and one of something else. Corriedale maybe? I’ve already forgotten.

Here are three very different yarns. On the top is the SAF. I love these photos. This was a photogenic skein for sure. The colors are really fresh too. In the middle is an incredibly fluffy skein of BFL. Instead of spinning it really tight and even, I spun it sloppily with low twist. It’s actually a nice fuzzy yarn. But NOT pleased with having its picture taken. As great as the other one was, this one was not cooperating. Sometimes I just get yarn that does not want to be photographed. On the bottom is a singles yarn spun from locks I bought at the fiber show last May. It was a blue-faced leicester/border leicester X. I dyed them green; otherwise they are a very lovely brown and tan.