I didn't spin quite as much yarn as last year, but I'm not too far off. I did spin at least 15 minutes every day, taking the Tour's two rest days when I needed them, and ended up with well over five hours of spinning in total. I wish I could commit to 15 a day all year. Or not "commit" to it, but just enjoy doing it without needing the structure.
I ended up with a whole basket of yarn I really like.
The red is the yarn from Blaze, my friend's sheep. The dark gray is Tessa. The creamy white is Ellie.
I love when the yarn looks just like the sheep. Ellie is definitely round, soft and cuddly.
Murphy is quite a "sheep with too much character" most of the time, but he grows some beautiful wool. This light gray skein is especially soft and I would bet most people would pick it as their favorite.
The beautiful medium gray is Mini Moose. I spun a sample from him last year and it was one of my favorite yarns I've ever spun. This skein did not let me down.
Another sheep who never lets me down is Muffin. She's finally starting to get some gray hairs, but I actually like that better than her solid black lamb fleece. I think it gives her yarn some depth. Can you believe she and Biscuit are six (!).
I was going to link to the finished black and white sweater, but as I scrolled through the March posts looking for the best post, I decided 20 catching up with us on the trail might be my favorite. Lots of reminders of what was going on and now that's over and I love my finished sweater, I have to admit it was all pretty fun :-).
I didn't get a great shot of Big Moose (the little dark gray skein), but it's too hot to go back out and try for a new one. I took some "in process" shots while I was combing it, so he'll (hopefully) get some more attention in a day or so.
We are continuing on spinning this week in support of the women's race. I decided I'd only spin ewes so I've spun a little bit of Emily and Annebelly for old times sake and am now working on a bobbin of Cheeto so Big Moose could bring his mom along for the ride :-).
6 comments:
All your yarn looks so lovely. Do you have a pattern in mind for all these gorgeous colors?
And time does go too fast. I can't believe that Muffin and Biscuit are six!
I love all the different colors!
Such a lovely basket of skeins! My yarn is still in turtles...
Lovely soft looking yarns! That red is intriguing. You are going t o post the finished sweater you mentioned?
Zinnias :o)
Beautiful! Lovely spinning!
Love every single one. So nice. Wish I could come pet the sheep and the yarn. :-)
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