Fiber Stash Enhancement

I don’t want to bore the knitters on my mostly knitting blog. But y’all understand about a little fiber acquisition. I didn’t go to MDSW this year, and didn’t need to, as the fiber has been coming directly to the house.

Can a more experienced spinner please tell me how to find the time to spin all this?


Thundercloud
Black Bunny Fiber, hand-dyed Falkland roving, 8oz, Thundercloud colorway
Another image here.

Wanted to see what all the fuss is about with pencil roving.

Zorro
Crown Mountain Farm, hand-dyed Corriedale pencil roving, 8oz, Zorro colorway. Deep violet, a hint of pink at the color separation, bitter chocolate brown, warm black.


Inspiration
Crown Mountain Farm, hand-dyed Corriedale pencil roving, 8oz, Inspiration colorway. Peony pink, pale yellow, olive green, and touches of daylily orange.


Green Olives
Crown Mountain Farm, hand-dyed Corriedale pencil roving, 8oz, Green Olives colorway. Olive and grass greens with a touch of gold.


Oh. My.
Crown Mountain Farm, Cashgora top roving, 4oz. The softness is amazing, the sheen is wonderful.


Aster
Crown Mountain Farm, Dicentra Designs hand-dyed superwash merino, 8oz, Aster colorway. Baby this colorway is BRIGHT purple, green, yellow.

I have found time to spin the first half of Anne’s BFL in the Pussy Willows colorway that is hoping to become a lightweight 2-ply for some fingerless mitts for the husband. I had about 3 ¾ oz remaining after experimenting with spinning and plying 2 or 3-ply.

Waiting to become a 2-ply

And now that my extra bobbins have arrived, I set that aside and spun up the rest of the Kid Hollow BFL/mohair into a single that shows off all the slubs and nubs and bits of fiber blended in.


Along with the little sister skein, I now have about 350 yds of 14wpi DK wt singles.

So much softer in person than I can show you in a photo!

Oh, I also got a tensioned lazy kate which should help my plying efforts considerably.

Off to a good start

So far so good. I got out the wheel again yesterday and went for a 2-ply of the alpaca/silk singles I had. The skein is 270 yards and 6 3/4 ounces. I forgot to measure the WPI but it looks to be about a DK weight. I can tell it's been too long since I had the wheel out as it's not terribly consistent but it's beatifully soft so I think it would make a great scarf or hat. It's very nearly black so the photo of the whole skein is closer to the true color.

Saturday some friends and I made it down to the Connecticut Sheep and Wool festival which is a tiny wee one with four buildings full of vendors and 5 or 6 ones outside in tents. I picked up some silk hankies (that I have no clue what to do with but they were cheap so why not?) and a 2 1/2 pound fiber bump that'll be my summer spinning.

And now I have a question about photo etiquette for this blog. I have no clue how much storage these blogs have so I'm not sure if it's better to refer to posts on my own blog and keep it to one or two here or if it's okay to post more here. As you can see, for this post I opted for the conservative route.

cormo info

In answer to your questions, I wanted to post this link to the American Cormo Sheep Assoc.
Here's what they say about the sheep:

What is Cormo?? The American Cormo is a new scientific sheep breed. I.K. Downie of Tasmania was the driving force behind the creation of the Cormo breed. The Cormo Breed is a one-time crossing of Tasmanian stud Corriedale rams on 1200 selected superfine Saxon Merino ewes. This was the beginning of the development of the Cormo breed. The result -- 1/4 Lincoln, 1/4 Australian Merino, and 1/2 Superfine Saxon Merino - is fast becoming one of the best wool producing breeds in the sheep industry..

Foxfire Fiber, located in western Massachusetts, raises Cormo sheep and sells wonderful fiber blends, including the cormo / alpaca that I am using on the spindle. Very, very soft stuff!