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[allonsybadwolf]

May I present: "Children's Hospital (Color Theory)" on Perendale

Getting mixed reviews in chat 😂

And of course:

"Ea-nāṣir Copper" on Jacob!

[articreated]

It took me five days to drum card the rest of the Gotland wool roving I dyed. My hands and grip strength would call it quits after about four ounces a day.

But I got it all carded, the batts are rolled and safely tucked away in a big box awaiting to be spun. (It reminds me of a big box of weirdly colored cinnamon rolls when I open it.) So that makes 17 batts boxed up, plus one batt I’ve already predrafted, to go with the three batts I’ve already spun. My knee is happier having had a bit of a rest so I will be breaking out my wheel again. Only this time I will be more cognizant of the fact that I’m still recovering from a knee injury and won’t spin for hours on end without a break.

Picture descriptions: a large cardboard box filled with rolled batts of Gotland wool in the gradient of dark blue to light blue to green/teal to brown; close up shots of the rolled batts; various shots of the different batts

[affreca]

Apparently I'm in a purple yarn mood. I have a few ounces of Rambouillet and a wool/viscose tweed blend in the crock with a mix of Violet and Tornado Grey slowly cooling down (hopefully exhausting). I finished the unicorn derby yarns, so I'm spinning a couple ounces of a merino and alpaca blend (I don't know the ratio but I think it might be the Ashford blend at 70%/30%). I have another couple of ounces of World of Wool merino/alpaca blend in other colors which I will spin if I haven't finished blending the fiber currently in the dyepot.

[subpar-lemon-bar]

Here we goooooooo!!!!

​(For context this is the first yarn I’ve ever spun and I’m about to dye it for the first time as well)

The Duality of Man

Me in the kitchen: Sshhh shhh my love. I’m not agitating you. I am gently, gently shifting you.

Me in the bathroom: *felting a pin loom square like I’m Liam Niessen and it knows my daughter’s location*

Pre-felting:

And post:

This yarn was spun by @dangerphd, and this particular square is for a ✨special collaboration✨ with @claypigeonpottery. It’s going to be the chrysalis for a moth-headed dude

Me: How much time is left on my—

*timer goes off*

Me: Neeeeever mind! Sorry if our oven smells…sheepy.

Pigeon: Ooh! Whatcha makin’? 🤩

Me: …yarn.

I’m really glad I took @landofla’s suggestion to get a salad spinner, thank you!

Also @dangerphd 😁 It has begun (and I am, as you said, so much less frightened of accidental felting now lmfao 😂 I had to work for that!)

[dangerphd]

Do you like the colour of the sky wool?

YES.

[ofchaosgoddess]

[mischief-tea]

Carded fluorite :) 💎✨

[cottonkhaleesi]

Done! All that is left is to give them a good bathing to get the last of the excess dye out.