... Have been thinking ...

Should I start dyeing Fibres again??
Not a lot of people are buying Yarn at the moment, which isn’t such a good thing for me, as Husbeast is still jobless >.<
Thing is, dyeing fibre the way I do is very labour intensive, so it will not be cheap…
When I used to spin regularly, I was always more than willing to pay for a good quality roving… is this the same for everyone?
I could try to speed up the process, but this might be to the detriment of quality, and you know how I hate rushing things !!

I am very interested to hear all your thoughts :D

I have started a thread on my Ravelry group about it HERE

Lotsa love as always, my awesome peeps

S xXx

Awesome Spinning :)

This is my February Fibre Club... a GlitterBall called "Frosty Skies", all spun up by a very talented customer.....she's navajo plied it, to preserve the colour repeats.....
I just had to blog it, because I just *love* the photograph...

Fibrous musings :)

This is the came colourway/dyelot, on 4 different fibres, it's always interesting to see how they take the dye differently.
Top Left is Super Sorted Shetland, by far my favourite fibre to dye because it sucks up the colours and makes them sing. Colour~mixes can also split out on this fibre (because it sucks in one colour quicker than others) so thats a useful thing to bear in mind whilst dyeing, as you can use this to your advantage sometimes ;)
Top right is Falkland, a merino crossbreed, so this takes dye like merino, but has a longer staple length, making it an all round good fibre for beginner spinners, and for more experienced spinners too, who like to spin skinny :)
Bottom left is British Merino, from the only flock of merinos in the UK, bought at auction by Andy Robinson of Bluefaced. This is an odd merino, as it doesn't "behave" like a merino ;) Its not at all slippery and drafts like it should be a longer stapled fibre!!! I find it very similar to BFL.
Finally, bottom right is BFL, a lovely crimpy and bouncy fibre, that blooms beautifully after you've set the twist in it post~spinning. Takes dye really evenly and deeply into the fibres. This is an all round favourite for a lot of spinners.
These 4 fibres are going onto the pile of fluff I am dyeing up for my stall at Ravelry Day :)

Another fabaroOOnie spin!!!

This has been most expertly spun by Phil, the lovely lady who rehomed my Louet S10, Louie :)
Its the 100g of pinky pretty from this months fibre club :D

Inspiration

This is not a new colourway, but it is a newly revisted one :) I was wandering around in my pyjamas this morning in the garden, and came across this beautiful flower.....no idea what its called, as it was from a random packet of seeds the kids planted up ;) It is such an intense colour....I had to try and replicate it, and I am quite pleased with the result!!!

Thankyou, Sunshine :D

Thanks to the lovely sunshine today, I've been able to get these beauties dry and into my etsy shop :)

Will be posting knitterly jibber jabber like a crazy fool very soon hehehe

Gorgeous Fluffy post.......hhmmmmm

I recieved my yummysquishyloveliness from LindaLee on etsy this morning..... and it is even more beautiful in the flesh :) It was so beautifully packaged too, as you can see in the picture, and I dunno what she rinses her rovings in, but they smell delightful!!!

I purchased 100g of Autumn's Joy Merino Cashmere roving, and as a welcome gift, she sent me 30g of her Blue Bayou colourway, also on Merino cashmere.....!!!

So I am one VERY lucky ducky.... ***grins***

Secret plans and clever tricks

I woke up in the middle of the night on Tuesday, with a new hat pattern in my head and the idea of a perfect yarn to do it in :)
So here we go......this is merino/silk in the greens/yellows of my enchanted colourway, and I'll be plying it with jet black merino......
Look out for the new beanie pattern too....and of course it will be free for all, for personal use......