Sometimes I don't want to spin a big skein, I just want to play. Just a little bit of experimenting. Nibbles of spinning. Luckily I have a patchwork project that gives me the perfect excuse! I spun the colorful singles (wool/silk), and plied it with a lace weight fluffy baby alpaca/silk yarn I had on hand.
This will all be worked up into pieces for a patchwork shawl. These hexes look like perfect patches of moss! I'm blown away by how soft and fluffy it is, and can't wait to wrap myself in this foresty beauty! 😍
I got this dyed roving from Holly Hill Ranch, and it's absolutely giving me serious mossy forest vibes! I'm working on spinning the second half of the roving, but I couldn't help but share the first hank now that it's washed and dried! It's going to be incorporated into a crochet hexagon shawl so I can live out my bog/forest witch dreams!
I took the dogs on a romp around the property and found this great stump!
I recently saw my first fox by my house. In the days after, I started finding bits of what was clearly hare fur on walks. Then I found a spot that was covered in the stuff! Because of the skin bits, it was definitely a dispatched animal, most likely from that gorgeous fox. I'm so glad to have found this goodly handful of fiber! I've cleaned it, and it's slowly drying, but I found more on my walk this morning so hopefully this won't be the last of it. Who knows, maybe I'll also find some shed clumps once the snow melts and I can get back into the woods!
I'm going to treasure and hoard this for now until I find the right project to blend it with.
I'd love to hear about foraged fibers others have worked with!
It's finally warm enough outside to hang my yarn out to dry! I got to spin a bit of this yarn on some winter adventures, and now that spring is finally upon us, I'm finishing it. Making use of the rooftop at work ☺️ I ended up with around 210 yards!
Bonus picture of my improvised niddy nody.