Spinners! Have you treated yourself to Blue Faced Leicester yet? How about some BFL handpainted by Spunky Eclectic? If you do, you will find yourself a new Best Friend Forever. It came looking a little travel-worn, but just fluffing it up a tad did wonders:
And it's a dream to spin! Smooth, even, sproingy. It practically spun itself and this is the result:
I'm so In Love! 4 oz, 130 yards, double-plyed, spun semi-woolen. About worsted weight, 10 wpi.
And now for something completely different:
Recycled Denim and Soda Bottles. Bad Amy sent me this last fall. The fiber feels like dryer lint and it's a bit tricky to spin. It sticks, sticks, sticks, and then pulls apart. I went for yards with a nice even singles and then yards of thick-and-thin Slub City. The texture is definitely cottony. I think I need more cotton-spinning experience to find out if it's just me. I am planning on buying a packet of RIT dye and dyeing this. It'll make a small discloth, I think.
Gratuitous Kitty Pic!
Ain't Nellie ladylike?
7 comments:
Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. Now hand over the BFL BFF yarn or the kitty gets it. Seriously, it's forgetting beautiful.
I think you need to bring that yarn on our camping trip. And then you should offer it as a door prize to some lucky knitter. And I'll rig the contest so it will be ME!
Lovely spinning.
Oooh, I simply have to get my hands on some of that roving. It's beautiful. The yarn it turns into is beautiful. Everything about it is beautiful.
Kitty is very... flopped. That's the life!
BFL is my favorite fiber to spin. You did such a good job of it. :)
BFL hm? As Bob Dylan once said, Oh yes, it can easily be done.
I was just parusing (I spelled that wrong, didn't I?) your blog and noticed that you have the same kitty house I do! And your yarn is pretty too, lol.
I wondered how that crazy stuff would spin up! WEIRD!
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