SPINNING FOCUS

SO, i've still got a list of custom orders that i'm really trying to turn all my focus on, and with more coming in every day, i've really gotta stay on track and not just spin stuff, JUST to spin something! but when a beauty of a batt comes in my batt of the month club, i just gotta indulge! especially when i had been sitting with my mom talking about how i never spin anything blue, like royal blue, or sapphire blue, and the next day my batt arrives and it's a BEAUTIFUL mix of blues, with some denim, sparkle, sari silk, merino, mohair, raw silk and gorgeous angelina, i'm excited! but, what to blend it with, it's only about three ounces, so i gotta pair it up with something...as i rifled through the drawers and drawers of fiber, i found a big ole bag of alpaca/angora roving i TOTALLY forgot about. it's SO super soft, and gives such a gorgeous halo, i was instantly inspired. i've been spinning pretty boring yarn lately, well, boring to me anyway, just straight up corespun singles, so i rifled through my stash for stuff i could add to this yarn that's gonna be a show stopper! sari silk ribbons, wrapped with some black satin ribbon...hmmmm, maybe the batt could be used as a sort of add in...hmmmm...the wheels are turning.

in the meantime, this is some yarn i just spun up for a scarf for my friend josh. i found this romney cross batt that i had, and though it felt quite coarse, when it spun up and washed, it's actually quite smooth and shiny! then i dyed a blonde alpaca batt from my alpaca stash, with some gunmetal and brilliant blue...i don't mind telling you, it turned out AWESOME. i did yard length peices of each batt alternately, it's just SO pretty! nice and bulky, i love corespinning on a big fat core! also gives good use to all that commercial yarn i'll never use! who's got two thumbs and is trying harder to be frugal? this girl right here!