Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Love the tweed

So, I put Clark down for a nap and almost went to bed myself, as I think I’m fighting a cold or something that hasn’t fully hit yet… but I decided to go downstairs and play with fiber a little bit.

Oh. my.

So, I’ve been wanting to make a sweater for myself, and originally, I was planning to dye the white fleece I bought, but then the dark gray fleece has been seducing me, and I thought I’d blend it with a little bit of black alpaca for a gorgeous, charcoal color. So, I’m down in my basement kitchen and I have a couple pounds of dyed silk noil that was given to me a year ago, and I picked out some multi-colored blues…

And the only thing hindering my joy is that I can’t accurately capture the colors with my camera, and I don’t have the patience to mess with exposure compensation to try. All you can see is the blue silk, but the charcoal wool blend is stunning.

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There may be too much silk, I’ll continue to play around with it, but it’s beautiful, it feels amazing, and I’m giddy.

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I’d barely started spinning and was so excited, I had to stop and show you. But now I’m going to get off the computer and get back to my wheel.