Talking about anything but the funeral

There has been so much drama and trauma over my really nasty fleece, that I decided to take a break from it. Depending on my mood, I may post about it later, but if you read Spindlers then you already know about it.

That said, I did wash up some Icelandic fleece (see below) that was a freebie with my purchase of a Turkish spindle. It came out pretty nice. I was very pleased with how it washed up and I hope to find time to spin some up soon. I also washed the last of the black Shetland so I can store it, but it is still wet and looks a little like some poor person's fright wig. LOL

One pound of Icelandic, washed and dried.

This is some Cheviot I washed and dyed with Persian Gold, Lavender and Saffron OzeCraft Dyes last weekend. The colors were great. I loved the way the fleece looked. Today, after the funeral, I was sitting on the sofa and looking at this wool. I pulled out my flick carder and brushed it out, knowing that my spindles would be here any day.

Here it is brushed out and fluffed for spinning. Then the mailman came. He pushed some of the mail through the slot, but I opened the door to check for packages and there was a box with some spinning books *and* my Sleeping Beauty & Rapunzel spindles from Simple Market Farms. I started spinning this fiber up on the Sleeping Beauty right away. I spun the whole batch (see below), then I wound it into a ball and plied it on the same spindle. I also washed it to set the twist. It is upstairs on my umbrella swift drying. I'll take another photo when I have wound it into a ball.

Tomorrow I go back to work and try to act like a normal person. I am taking my new Sleeping Beauty spindle and my hand-dyed merino roving from Kae, so that I can spin some at lunch.