The Shepherd had been cleaning house, making room for the tools and toys that he will need for his new gardening business and so he has taken a bunch of old fleeces to Gretchen's Wool Works - one of them being this beautiful moorit fleece. The exciting news is that Gretchen recently upgraded her mill so she can do TA-DA! ROVING!!! - And it is VERY nice too!
In fact, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it - I pulled about 10 yards off the bump and went to work.
This is how it spun up - wow, like a dream - and here is the rub - (big frowny face...) he had already planned that this fiber was for sale. We will have it at my spinner guild's SPIN-IN on the 13 of March. Oh well. There are two more Shetland fleeces he wants me to work on, and I had Gretchen process two fleeces that I had picked up - one Icelandic that I had her blend with some Alpaca of almost the exact same moorit color and another Alpaca fleece - I have to spin these up to sell the yarn (hopefully) - on our Washington Wool dot Net web site.
Here is some other Alpaca/Icelandic blend that I've been practicing on - what do you think? (it hasn't been washed yet so it has kind of an edge to it - hopefully it will soften up a little.)
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I'm sure glad my husband doesn't decide who I get to spin and who I have to sell!
Well, he is The Shepherd and they are his sheep. I just get to borrow them for photo opportunities.. ha ha...
Besides that - I'm still about 8-10 fleeces backlogged in my Shetland spinning - it's just that spinning roving is so much easier than spinning from batts...T.
I think your yarn is perfect. You're spinning is very even. I'm not sure I would pair Icelandic and Alpaca - interesting choice.
I am so very tickled, T! You're spinning is wonderful! And it's been a real pleasure to watch you bloom into the spinner some of us knew you were all along. :)
Keep at it! It's beautiful!
Beautiful yarn, gorgeous color!
A garden business sounds like a great idea. I hope it prospers.
Gorgeous wool and yarn- congratulations to you both!
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