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| 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. |
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| This is the silky roving, I can not keep my hands out of it! |
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| Is it Christmas? My Birthday? My girls' fleeces made some beautiful yarn! This is the batch of thinner weight. |
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| This is a close up of the thicker yarn. Not as many skeins but this will make some warm mittens, hats, house socks. |
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| 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. |
