Yarn porn
Wednesday December 07th 2005, 7:00 am
Filed under: Dyeing,Spinning

(Yeah, that title ought to raise my google rank. Or not.)

Remember the Endless Summer Hydrangea dye job? No?

*cue flashback music*

First we had:

Wool

Then it became:

Batts

And now it is:

Yarn

Ta dah!

A closeup:

MoreYarn

The last photo is as close to the true colors as I can capture. I was working with afternoon sunlight that reflects off a building and streams into my office for about 10 whole minutes. I would say the base color is bluegreylavender, and there are highlights of violet, grass green, and pale indigo. You can barely make out the blue Angelina glimmer, but it looks wonderfully sparkly in good light. I did not skimp on the Angelina! The fiber composition is roughly 80/20 Polwarth/Angora, and it is mmmm, soft, with very little halo. (More halo might come out with knitting and wear, though.) It’s 4.5 oz of 2-ply yarn, about fingering to sport weight.

I will post this yarn for sale in a few days. I just haven’t had a chance to measure the yardage or make labels yet.

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Your handspun yarn is beautiful. It looks so soft and touchable.

Comment by Linda 12.07.05 @ 8:10 am

Lovely – I want to reach out and touch it!

Comment by PumpkinMama 12.07.05 @ 8:38 am

I really like the way the yarn came out. The colors are lovely and very nicely balanced.

Comment by naomi 12.07.05 @ 8:43 am

I browsed your other yarns and am seriously in love:) Hope the Internet allows “feel” real soon.

Comment by Barb 12.07.05 @ 9:49 am

Very nice. I, too, love the colors in the yarn but wasn’t too sure about them in the first photo. You have inspired me to be more adventurous in dyeing, blending.

Comment by Cathy 12.07.05 @ 11:26 am

That yarn is gorgeous. Beautiful dyeing and spinning.

Comment by Kathy 12.07.05 @ 11:46 am

Ooo, purty! :-)

Comment by Sandee 12.07.05 @ 11:56 am

Wow! Stellar! I hope to be 1/2 as good as you some day! Beautiful yarn June!!

Comment by Beth 12.07.05 @ 12:14 pm

That yarn is beautiful! I want to make some too!

Comment by Emily 12.07.05 @ 4:59 pm

Looks good enough to eat. Maybe, someday, I’ll spin again….

Comment by claudia 12.07.05 @ 5:14 pm

June, that yarn is beyond gorgeous!!!

Comment by diana 12.07.05 @ 6:01 pm

June, that’s art!

Comment by Sylvia 12.08.05 @ 10:33 am

Those colors are wonderful. VERY subtle, but just the right amount of bling. And really… there is nothing that angora can’t improve. :)

Comment by Anne 12.08.05 @ 6:57 pm

It looks beautiful, and not at all what I would expect from the original batches of fiber! A cool progression.

Comment by Monica 12.09.05 @ 5:05 pm

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