I think I know what I'm spinning for the Tour de Fleece. I have 2 pounds of it, btw.
Unless I find something I like more.
/ahem
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
What Crispy Hell Is This?!
I was on the phone with a friend while cruising the etsy and came across a fiber seller that I'm curious about*. I mentioned that the seller had a colorway I liked in Wensleydale and that I'd never spun that fiber before.
"Oh, I'll send you some Wensleydale."
If I was smarter, I would have seen that as the crystal clear warning it was. Sadly, I'm not that bright and I've been too busy for too long and it's taken a toll.
& Send me some Wensleydale, she did. It's a fiber with a long staple length that really wanted to be crazy thin yarn and that was really good. It was 8 oz of fiber and that was really a lot.
A lot. A lot.
This friend had done a custom order from an indie dyer and had received a color that was no where near what she had ordered. "There was no purple in the colorway I wanted." Now this is not the first time an indie dyer has done this. Nor will it be the last. This friend did not say anything to the dyer and just carried on until I mentioned Wensleydale and she saw her big chance to unload that stuff onto me. She had another run-in with a different indie prior to this and that dyer had been snotty and rude. I'm familiar with all involved and not really surprised by any of it.
Anyway...
1881 yards of 2-ply lace weight yarn out of 8 angry oz.
I have NO IDEA what happened!
It was interesting to spin and I learned a lot. I also poured vinegar over the yarn before getting it wet because I did not trust that shade of purple. At all.
I asked my friend if she wanted the yarn and she said no. She suggested that I give it to someone we don't care for but she doesn't want to encourage anyone and I agree with that. I offered it to another friend via email and she faked her own death rather than answer me. It was suggested that I run a contest here and the person who guessed closest to the yardage would win it. The friend who sent the fiber even offered to pay the postage to whatever unlucky soul gets the yarn shipped to them.
(Btw, you would think this stuff had BO or an STD the way we've been going on about it, but, honestly, it's just yarn made from slightly hairy fiber.)
Somewhere in all that plotting, I sort of started to like this yarn. It's enough to knit a light weight cardi or knit a shawl for a small car. It's an interesting colorway and might be fun to do something with.
At some point...
Which means, I have NO IDEA what I'm going to do with other than show all y'all.
Yay?
* Good price point but the worse business plan EVER! I love a good trainwreck.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
That's what friends are for...
Our Sairy and our Sharon are walking for ovarian cancer. AND our Jessalu made fabulous bags (seen below) that she sold to help raise funds for the walk(ers) that she sold in her shop. This is proof of that age-old wisdom... if you snooze, you lose!
Speaking of friends, we're getting the band back together... and then some!
Team CrankyPants is returning for another triumphant race. If you're a member of the Team and you're up for another Tour, then you need to check in with the group to get your marching/spinning orders. If you are a non-crazy reader/commenter/lurker and you would like to join Team CrankyPants, now if your big chance! If you're a scary kind of crazy, please find another Team. Thank you kindly.
Also!
Team Cupcake is joining the ranks for the Tour de Fleece this year!
YES!
A spinning team devoted to the Cupcake Fiber Company* and it's lesser known division, The Meat Sheep Industries. Any and all (non-crazy) spinners are welcome to join and spin Cupcake Fiber and/or Meat Sheep fluff with the rest of us.
Interested parties, who do not know where to go, are encouraged to comment here and/or message me at the Ravelry machine.
Watch this space for news and updates and maybe even blog buttons. I have to call the Art Department and see what's what. As the Art Department has taken up the ukulele*** all bets are off.
* There's currently a Tour related coupon** running on that shop. Shop early and shop often!
** You do need to be a member of the Team or the Tour to use the above mentioned coupon.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
I'll take crappy cell phone photos for $200, Alex!
WTF?!
No, I'm sorry. The right answer is "WTF is that thing?"
When/if it dries, I'll be back for show and tell.
Oy.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
A Lot of Shetland
The color is a little bit lighter than it is above, but close enough.
I did not do wraps per inch. Sue me.
Darker than the above. Don't be so surprised. Y'all know what I'm like with a camera.
Oh, yeah...
7.6 oz
2 ply
2113 yards
There's a part of me that thinks it would be fabulous dyed some deep sexy color. However, there's another part of me that's tired and thinks I'll just be buried with it.
Only time will tell. ;^)
