Boxes of Wool Yarn and Rovings..Let the Fun begin.

Danny called me at about noon to tell me that my wool roving and yarn had been delivered today.  I was so excited so of course the afternoon went slower than ever.  After shearing last Spring and washing a few fleeces, I sent a few boxes to Illinois Fiber Processing to have it spun into yarn and to get one fleece made into roving.  I love to spin but I can not keep up with my weaving and knitting.  I also devote lots of my day to taking care of the sheep and cows and dogs and cats here on the farm.  I also spent a good share of my time washing wool...over 30 fleeces. 
I am very happy with the yarns in two weights.  The roving feels so silky, makes me want to spin and dye yarn tonight.  In fact, I am soaking a few skeins to dye this evening.  I want to see how it grabs the dye and I need some brown and rust yarn for a weaving I want to do.



This is the silky roving, I can not keep my hands out of it!  




Is it Christmas? My Birthday?  My girls' fleeces made some beautiful yarn! This is the batch of thinner weight.





This is a close up of the thicker yarn.  Not as many skeins but this will make some warm mittens, hats, house socks.



Already got a few skeins soaking, getting ready to dye some browns and rust.
I love to dye wool yarn...I will be posting some of my colors in the next day or so!
I can't wait to knit up something to see how it felts.