Sunday, January 24, 2010

Spinning Blues

Yesterday I took a break from painting and attended the meeting of my handspinning guild, Peachtree Handspinners. This is such a great, talented group of people; I am always so inspired by their work.

Since this meeting was a 'social spin', meaning we just visited and played with our spinning wheels, I needed to take along some yummy fiber to spin. I dug through my stash and found two pounds of blue wool and white mohair that needed a trip through the drum carder. If I wanted the colors to be more blended, I could run it through the carder again. But, I think I like it this way.

Here is the result of my date with the carder. If I had to name this color, it would have to be "My New Blue Jeans".


This is how it it is spinning up. Newly carded fiber is a delight to spin. It drafts so easily, it almost spins itself.


Well, I'm off to practice painting fairies and dragonflies, before I actually paint them on my walls.



3 comments:

em said...

Beautiful,
Do you know what you'll use it for?

It has been fun to follow the transformation of your bedroom. It looks both nice and like a lot of fun.
Margaretha

Sandy Fields said...

Thanks Margaretha. No, I don't yet know how I'll use the yarn. 2 pounds would be enough for a good sized shawl. Somehow, though, I'm thinking it would be a nice narrow scarf.

I'm also thinking about dyeing some silk noil red, and carding that into some of the blue, then plying a strand of the noil with a strand of the plain blue/white.

Just playing with color and texture...one of my favorite things!

Glad you like the bedroom transformation. In a day or two I'll be posting the addition of the fairies.

Stasia said...

HI!!!!!!