Spinning Makes a Bad Week Better

This past week included a birthday, but sadly, the loss of a much loved, if insane and very sick, kitty from our little crew at the Loft.

Spinning is soothing, though. LoftyFibres may eventually list some handspuns for sale, but these are still some learning projects.

First - the SW Merino from The Black Lamb that I started, oh, weeks ago, not too long after getting the JourneyWheel. I was going for sock-ish weight, but got waaaayyyy too thin. I'm going to Navajo ply this, and it *might* be lace weight then.




After 6 weeks on that one very full bobbin, my first two installments (first project) from The Bellwether's Fiber Club went zoomin' by. I think these are a bit thinner than called for, as I had a heck of alot of trouble not over-drafting after all that merino thread I made. They're also uneven, but I'll see it through and knit the socks eventually.



I don't know what it is with purple lately. It's not something I'd have said is my fave, but it's been stalking me. I finished scarf with alot of purple, the fibre kit was purple, my Ravelry Sockdown for may had some purple, and for June is primarily purple. Then the STR May kit showed up - very purple... AND on a whim, I picked up two skeins of complimentary purple colourways for the Goddess Mystery Shawl.

First Sale!

My thanks to fellow Raveller Jerry, who spotted one of my yarns, wandered to the Etsy shop and bought it! Something of a rite of passage for me to make a sale online - so far, they've just been hand-offs at Guild meetings.

So, yay! Pelagic, or half of it, as it was a half-pound dye lot, is off to a new home in California. How neat, because the experience that inspired this colourway was actually my all-too-brief visit to the Monterey Aquarium last year. I was just entranced by the "Pelagic Zone" tank with the sharks and mola-mola. The deep, darkening cast of blue-green on everything gives that exhibit the most tranquil aura.



I am debating as yet whether to list the skein's mate on Etsy. I do quite love it - but realistically, if I want to make a go of being a marketable dyer, keeping even half of what I dye is not the best plan.