Christmas Cast On!

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346 yards!

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Saturday Spinning!

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Birthday Dye Day!

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Beauties!

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230 yards!

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Polwarth/silk/mohair ~

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258 yards and Squishy!

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Montana Targhee!

Loving this Targhee that I dyed, with help, at Bluemoon fiber arts dye day at the barn in 2016. My sheepbreed of the month for spinning is Targhee!  I've not spun this fiber before! 

Purple hand spun & hand dyed time!

Taking a little break from pink by jumping back into my yak/silk hand spun and hand dyed! Cast off today - can't wait to block it tomorrow!

Bobbin Two ~

This fiber is very slippery to spin, and I am finding I can't spin as thin as I'd like because it pulls apart. More training needed on this lovely fiber! It is going to be beautiful yarn!

Birthday Handspun Cast On!

Using my handspun and hand dyed yak silk from our 2016 Dye Day, I cast on the Diamond Cowl. I love this yarn! I love Birthdays!!
continuing the tradition of the birthday cast on  from  here and here and here....seems to be mostly socks....and like here,here, here and here.  

325 yards Yak/Silk ~

This yarn turned out to be amazing! Thanks to Tina @bluemoonfiberarts for your amazing guidance in the coloring of this "Vivid Violet" Yak and Silk fiber.  I can't wait to find a pattern that will show off the amazing color and texture of this yarn!!  

Yak and Silk Yes!

The color is beautiful! I must have handled this fiber too much while dying, as parts of the fiber seem to be a bit felted and in need of "fluffing out" before spinning. Not as soft as the naturally grey Yak/Merino/Silk blend, yet still wonderful to be spinning again!

Dyeing with the Master!

We had so much fun at our third Dye Day at the Barn today! So much creativity and inspiration, and fabulous hands-on teaching and wisdom from Tina, the Master Dyer!  She's helping me with the Montana Targhee here, and she also helped me with our "Violet Vivid-ing" Yak and Silk blend. So many laughs and ideas when Tina and Jessica are sharing wisdom. I have four fabulous fibers that we dyed,and I can't wait to spin them all!

196 yards ~ camel/silk!

This is so lovely and soft!  I love it!

Second Bobbin Done!

This camel spins up so quick, soft and no veg matter! So, the second bobbin is done, can't wait to ply!

Midnight at the Oasis!

(...sing your camel to bed) This is what I named my camel fiber from 2015 Dye Day, in honor of this song because how many songs do we know that mention camels?  Love this fiber!

Plying Otter Pop Lilly!

Lilly turned out to be 300 yards of lovely yarn, with a bit of a halo. I would guess this is DK or sport weight yarn and I love the colors that my daughter made from otter pop dying.  I am wondering what to knit with Lilly's yarn!  Lilly is a Leicester from Mary Beth's farm in the upper peninsula of Michigan. 

Sunday Spinning!

This otter pop dyed Leicester is tough to spin as it is a bit matted from its travels from Michigan plus the excitement of being dyed by otter pops, yet the colors look lovely and the singles seem to have a bit of a halo. Looking forward to seeing what the plyed yarn looks like!