Monday, March 21, 2011

Enough already!

Today is the first day of spring and we are expecting 1-4 inches of snow!!  The good news about snow at this time of year is that you know it can't last.  We had a warm week last week and a lot of our snow left us.  Enough left that I could see some of the spring bulbs were sprouting!  I am going to ignore this snow and think about daffodils for the rest of the day :-)

We had a great day yesterday with 9 students dyeing sock yarn.  This is a picture of a skein headed to the steamer. It sure doesn't look like much wrap in plastic does it?    Left to their own imagination the color combinations were amazing.  None of them were the same. We did both strips and fair isle patterns.   I hope that everyone will send me a picture of the yarn when it has dried and ready to knit with.    The class to knit two socks with one needle is on Saturday.  I have a couple of spots open if anyone is interested.


This is the new roving as it came back to us from Battenkill Fibers!!  Don't you just love it!!  It spins as beautifully as it looks. The fibers are from left to right. Wensleydale X Romney,  BFL X Romney, BFL X Border Leicester. This week I will be dying locks and getting them to the mill. They will pick and card into three color swirls for me.

 Right now is the time to get things to the mill before spring shearing begins on a lot of farms.  The turn around time right not is great, the quality of the work is excellent, and the staff is amazingly helpful.

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