i was a woman posessed yesterday, rather than take pictures of yarn,  i CREATED! i handpainted some merino roving using a new technique i learned from good ole youtube school of fiber art!

then i spun up the yarns in the top picture

this is some silk/mohair/sparkle pinkie pink from a batt i got from one of my fave sellers on etsy, www.atomicblue.etsy.com, she does up custom batts for me that are WONDERFUL. i used my makeshift blending hackle to blend the batt with some silver mohair locks and turquoise merino. i then spun it up thin thin thin, then plied it with a thin single of periwinkle superwash. it's PURDY.

this is some supersoft blonde alpaca, just spun it up as is, i'll use it as a base in some beautiful creation, it's just such a dream to spin, no predrafting needed, i can actually pull off the continuous long draw with this!

this is that same alpaca with some misc yarn add ins, silver beads, satin ribbon, sequins....it's super pretty.

and finally some natural merino, spun kinda thick with pink metallic thread autowrapped around it. the original plan was to dye it, but i might not...i haven't decided yet.
all in all, a VERY productive day as i also managed to get two loads of laundry done AND the dishes, AND make dinner AND clean up the cats restroom area! the life of a creative mother.