A few weeks ago I finished combing another raw fleece, and this week I dyed almost half of it (the other part was left natural).
I dyed most of it shades of grey and then small amounts different bright colours.
Using a drum carder I blended it all together.
Here the fibre is ready for spinning. I chose to divide the colours into two colour groups so that I could make a marled yarn (each of the plies will be a different colour).
I wanted to create yarn for a grey sweater with a bit of interest. I spun and knitted a small sample to see how the blend would work, and I am happy with how it turned out. Tour de Fleece starts on Saturday and this will be one of my spinning projects that I hope to finish during the tour.
These geese held up so much traffic when we went to the city.
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| yellow wildflowers by the pond |
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| yellow wildflowers in the grass |