So no lambs yesterday which means I made good progress in the workroom.
Finished spinning Oberyn's fleece into this two ply yarn. This was all I got from his fleece as it was pretty chopped up for whatever reason. Not the shearer's fault, the wool just didn't want to come off!
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Oberyn |
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Oberyn 2 ply, will wash today |
I washed Elinor's fleece, this pretty grey Kat and will finish drying outside today - looks like we will have a warm day with no wind, perfect for outdoor drying. Then I plan to spin into yarn.
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Sensible Elinor. Except that she stole and ate a plastic glove out of my lambing kit when my back was turned during Lambapalooza 2 |
I am carding Mrs Hughes, I just love this fleece. She has 3 different levels of grey and a good amount of all three so its a lot of fun to work my way through all the variation. This will go into batts for my spinners.
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Medium grey on left, steel grey in center, light grey to the right. No "shades of grey" jokes please... Oh all right, if you must. |
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Ever proper Mrs. Hughes |
Started a white hat from the yarn left from the Bousta Beanie and Knitted Knockers- thank you Elara. Used my new cast on technique, German Cast on which I learned from making the fingerless mitts. Should make the ribbed band a little more flexible, we'll see.
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I always think Elara could have gone a little less with the eyeliner. |
And working on spinning another self striping yarn, 3 colors, shades of brown.