Showing posts with label fiber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiber. Show all posts

Monday, December 7, 2009

Yak blend spun

I finished spinning the Yak blend fiber:


 
 

I'm not sure if I mentioned this on the blog before or not but this stuff spun up very badly - very uncooperative and lumpy.  it was the way the fiber was blended - i guess its my own fault for buying an "as is" bag of fiber.  the stuff is incredibly soft, don't get me wrong, but not easy to work with.  Either way, it is a finished 3 ply yarn and I got about 340 yards of it.  I'm thinking of making a hat for sure and then i'll decide what to do with the rest.

I also finished my Handmade With Love Especially For You scarf:



The picture did not come out well at all.  the red is a far more pleasant red and the green is a darker green - it looks more Christmas-ish in  life than the neon in the picture.  Will be mailing it out tomorrow.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A Collection of Fibers

It occurs to me that in order to get perspective on the shear amount of spinning fiber I have, I must view it all at once (this happened when I found myself scouring Ravelry and Ebay for more raw fleeces).

So let's start with the big ones:

3 lb White Cormo Fleece
3 lb Chocolate Merino Fleece
2 lb Silver Cormo-x Fleece
1.5 lb Yak Roving

Other rovings:
Angora Batt
Foxfire Cormo silk roving - natural
Foxfire Cormo silk roving - dyed
CD Seawool
CD Bamboo/Wool
CVM
Cashmere Top
Orange Merino silk
2 Merino Tussah
Mocha Java
Spice
Redwoods
2 Wool/alpaca rovings
Yak Alpaca bag
4 Etsy rovings