Aloha and Happy August! Here are the colors for weeks 29 – 31, available on the shoppe.
I’ll start with an oldie but a goodie: GLACIER BAY in merino/bamboo/nylon roving, sw merino/nylon batt&bump and merino/silk lace yarn.
And the inspirational photo taken in Alaska
CALICO GHOST TOWN in corriedale cross roving and sw merino/nylon fingering yarn.
SUNSET SEA ALASKA in mixed BFL/silk roving and sw merino lace yarn
and the inspirational photo
COOL JEWEL PLAID in black alpaca/silk roving
DARK AVALON in Falkland British merino/nylon fingering yarn
WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING batt
And a couple more ballet/pointe shoe bags
Lastly, I’m working on a couple spinning projects.
The first is a spindle-spun lace yarn that I started a couple weeks ago. The fiber is merino wool in my FOG colorway that I carded on my drum carder then pulled the wool off as a center-pull bump of roving.
The spindle itself has an interesting story. It is a picasso jasper stone flower top spindle from ZebisisDesigns. In the fall of 2010, I was heartbroken when I hesitated to buy this spindle and it was sold on her shoppe to someone else. Instead I purchased another beautiful spindle from her over the Thanksgiving holiday and when my spindle arrived, this was also in the box as a gift! I literally stared at this amazing gift and could not believe my eyes. Apparently the seller gave everyone who ordered from her during that season an extra spindle. Of all the spindles she could have given me, she gave me the ONE that I really wanted! To this day I’m truly amazed at how it has come to pass that I own this amazing work of art.
The second spinning project I’m trying to finish is plying the last bit of wool from Tour de Fleece. It’s 6.2 ounces of Falkland wool that I spun in a laceweight single and am now Navajo-plying. For you crocheters, N-plying is basically looping the single strand as if making a single crochet and twisting the yarn together to form a 3-ply (strand) yarn. N-plying will give you long sections of the same color, and with 6.2 ounce that I’ve just started I’ll probably be done plying in time for next year’s TdF . . .
Enjoy!
AlohaBlu 