And a Great Rainy Day was had by all. I've held on to very few fibers and yarns. One that did not leave my non existent stash is a hank of
Handmaiden Seasilk, my
Viking Wool and a bit of fluff. The Sirri yarn was one of my early political fiber purchases. Exercising political opinion by being a consumer, right. In this case, a protest against the emargos cross the mid-East after the
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. It's quite versitile. Finely spun singles spun from Farose Island sheep at 600m a hank. Just too much of a bother to measure when designing. But, it's great as a play yarn. It felts and fulls beautifully. Even a simple St st scarf on large needles then fulled in alternating hot and cold water with a bit of conditioner makes the yarn double in thickness as the fiber blooms. Even better, though delicate in appearance the wool strengthens as the fibers lock together.
The single Vikings also work well as, well, singles! I plied them with some random bits I'd spun up of wool waste. And spun up a bit for Kiddo. The first with the tan, second with the cream. The blue/green/white hanklette was immediately claimed by Kiddo, she wanted cuffs with the squiggle on it.
Kiddo got a long lesson in color theory, applied maths and then hand blending. She came up with the next two wooly colors we'll be creating.
Then we baked peanut butter cookies and a fine Rainyday was had by all.
And a Great Rainy Day was had by all. I've held on to very few fibers and yarns. One that did not leave my non existent stash is a hank of Handmaiden Seasilk, my Viking Wool and a bit of fluff. The Sirri yarn was one of my early political fiber purchases. Exercising political opinion by being a consumer, right. In this case, a protest against the emargos cross the mid-East after the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. It's quite versitile. Finely spun singles spun from Farose Island sheep at 600m a hank. Just too much of a bother to measure when designing. But, it's great as a play yarn. It felts and fulls beautifully. Even a simple St st scarf on large needles then fulled in alternating hot and cold water with a bit of conditioner makes the yarn double in thickness as the fiber blooms. Even better, though delicate in appearance the wool strengthens as the fibers lock together. 
The single Vikings also work well as, well, singles! I plied them with some random bits I'd spun up of wool waste. And spun up a bit for Kiddo. The first with the tan, second with the cream. The blue/green/white hanklette was immediately claimed by Kiddo, she wanted cuffs with the squiggle on it. 
Kiddo got a long lesson in color theory, applied maths and then hand blending. She came up with the next two wooly colors we'll be creating.
Then we baked peanut butter cookies and a fine Rainyday was had by all.
Math followed by cookies? Sounds good to me, lol! If school had been like that for me, I probably would have *stayed* good at math, not tanked it come 7th grade. Of course, I would have ended up weighing nearly 300 pounds instead of nearly 200, but we won't go there...
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