Fiber: January 2006 Archives
I got one more wonderful fibery gift from my mother this year:
It's a pretty subtle looking bundle sitting on my end table, but it gets a lot more exciting when you get a little closeup shot:
Y'all know how I love silk. And this pound of natural colored roving is half silk, half wool -- and comes from the same place as those incredible handmade sheep do. Not sure what wool is meant by "fine wool" but it feels very soft. At first I was tempted to dye it, but the more I looked at it, the more I liked the idea of spinning it and enjoying it's natural color.
It even inspired me to do a little spinning tonight. It's taking me a little bit of time to get the hang of working with it -- it's got a little VM in it as well as some slightly nubby bits that I think must be from the silk. But I figure I've got a whole pound, so I can have fun experimenting a little bit. And I have a feeling that if I need more, my mom would probably know how to help me find it.
