So the box of Romney fleece from the State Fair arrived in the mail last week and I just had to find an empty bobbin to spin some of it. It spun like a charm. Earlier this week I decided to sort all of my fibers to be ready for the Fiber of the Month Club and to eventually just put some of these wonderful fibers up on the website for sale. The three final boxes of Cotswold lamb went out to the mill for cleaning and carding, but I kept the two first prize winners here and the are soaking in their bath as I write this. My cup runneth and runneth, and runneth! over with fibers of all types. Romney, Shetland, Cormo, Jacob's, Lincoln, Targhee, BFL, BL, Merino, Corriedale x, CVM lamb, Llama/mohair, Romeldale X, BL/Romney, Cashmere, Tussah silk, Mulberry Silk, Huacaya Alpace, Suri Alpaca, Angora, Mohair, Firestar. Merino is coming soon.
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From the Mill |
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On the wheel |
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Double plyed and drying |
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My old stash and blending fibers |
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More of my stash |
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Boxes and boxes of different fibers ready to spin or dye |
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Bags and bags of fiber waiting for blending, dying, spinning |
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More stash |
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View from the other end of the table |
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Last bags of Cotswold waiting to be divided and shipped |
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Skippy the Alpaca |
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Finished dark grey Cotswold Lamb |
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Finished medium grey Cotswold lamb |
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Finished lighter grey Cotswold lamb |
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Finished white Cotswold Ram |
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Finished Romney ewe |
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Finished white Shetland |
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First Prize Cotswold lambs in the bath |
I guess it's a good thing I have a sheep dog in the house. I hope that I have inspired you to get out your wheels and spindles and spin!
Regards,
Karen
OYPF
2 comments:
That Dark Grey Cotswold Lamb looks gorgeous!!! What BFL did you get? (Love me some BFL!!!)
The dark is wonderful. I have more coming as I shipped the last of it off to be milled along with an entire bag of white.
The 2 BFLs I have are white and medium brown to light brown.
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