Colors of Summer
It occurs to me that it's been a little while since I posted about any goodies I'd been getting in the mail. I do love getting boxes, even when I know what's in them. One of the more recent things that has ended up on my doorstep is this gorgeous roving:
This is one of those treats that I discovered as a result of Cara at january one when she posted about Sock Hop sock yarn -- a hand dyed, hand spun sock yarn that is absolutely beautiful. Initially I headed over to the Crown Mountain Farms website looking for said sock yarn. I was a little disappointed to find that they were sold out. But then very happy when I discovered their section of Corriedale Pencil Rovings (this took me a little while to find, which is why I am providing the direct link). I do like Corriedale a great deal, and some of their colorways are beautiful. It was hard for me to settle on just one! But in the end I decided I wanted some bright happy yellow on my wheel and selected the Cotton Candy. The fiber as it sits here on my desk is quite nice to pet, and it was shipped out almost instantaneously. At $14 for 8 ounces, it's a great deal for enough well prepared roving to make two pairs of socks or a nice small lace shawl. Not quite the same as getting the Sock Hop yarn -- but just about the next best thing if you're a spinner. And if you're not a spinner, but like to knit and felt things, you could actually knit this roving up without processing to make a neat felted bowl or bag.
I''ve been itching to put this on my wheel, but I'm trying to be good until I finish my madder/cochineal dyed Corriedale up and until another treat arrives on my doorstep.
Since color is always inspiring for me on grey rainy days, I thought I'd leave you with another picture in a different colorway, so to speak: my backyard deck garden. In the city, you don't get the luxury of big beautiful yard gardens very often, so you have to take advantage of whatever space you can find. John and I planted our hanging boxes with Wave Petunias, and to the left side, all that green is the collection of herbs John planted for cooking (thyme, rosemary, cilantro, dill, fennel, oregano, basil and something else that I can't remember at the moment) and our little pepper plants. with a few more little flowers and a tea rose (which will come inside this winter). It makes my upstairs balcony a nice place to look down from and gives me a bright shot of color every day, even when the weather is a little dreary.
Oh, that deck garden is gorgeous, and somehow the view from above makes it all even better!
Hope you LOVE spinning up the fiber - it's beautiful! Can't wait to see the yarn from it.
Your deck is beautiful. It looks so relaxing.
Thank you so much for the link to the roving -- I immediately clicked over there and bought some!