If you don't... it's because of this.....

(sorry for the dark picture!)
This is 2 POUNDS of Merino/Silk laps that I recieved in the mail from Yarn or a Tale.... Leah even encouraged me to "play hookey from work.!" Unfortunately my boss is wise to the "I'm fiber deficient" excuse and knows what it means from me! lol So I had to go to work today!) They were aided and abedded by my husband and his co-workers who picked it up from the Post Office for me. How am I to be expected to resist two pounds of luscious white silk/merino laps that are screaming....(Can't you hear them?!!) to be dyed?!!! I'm already combining colors in my head! It's just lucky that I have Wednedsays off! It is nearly impossible to concentrate on the scheduled projects that are in progress. It is nearly impossible to finish spinning the varigated silk/merino I have on my drop spindle. (Abbie, I need your plying advice!) IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to KNIT at this time. It is at times like this that I realize that I am primarily a spinner.....secondarily a knitter/crocheter. If it marks me for booting from a blog or blog list or two....I completley understand. Rules are rules and really, life is too complicated to get worked up over the finer details. Others are better equiped than I for that. (No hard feelings whatsoever...friends made forever!) Anyway, I have a feeling there are going to be dyeing posts.....maybe even some immersion dyeing posts. lol I dream of a knitted silk shawl for myself....but I never visualize the actual knitting. There's a problem with that, me thinks. lol
Notice the 6 plus pounds of fleece drying in the background? No, I'm not fiber poor. Just think, shearing is only 8 months away! lmao. I just HAD to have the Silk/Merino! Unhappy? Regretfull? NEVER!!!! This stuff is HEAVEN!!! ehehhehehehehe! I cannot wait to work with it! I open the bag every day just to touch it. Fiber porn at it's best!!!
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**By the way, I'm not affiliated with the above mentioned Yarn or a Tale. This is my first purchase with them, but I wanted to state publicly that I'm extremely happy with the service and the product that I received from them. If I'm in the market again, I'll check them out FIRST! I've never been so excited about a purchased fiber before!
2 comments:
"Fiber deficient"... That's pretty funny!
P.S. You're still my Number One girl.
Hey April - love the post - sure, you can e-mail me with any questions you have about plying the silk. I'm not sure if you're working with silk silk or merino silk - let me know ok? My e-mail is abiknitsATyahooDOTcom.
Are you plying from spindles? Anyway - e-mail me, and I'll do what I can to help :-)
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