I spent a little bit of time this weekend flicking locks from the RomeldaleX fleece I picked up at the Shepherd’s Extravaganza a few weeks ago. There’s on name on the info sheet, so I am calling this one Fran. I visited the Fran’s Chocolates shop in UVillage a few days ago when I had to pick up some face stuff at Sephora, and the color in the bag looks a lot like their Dark Chocolate salted caramels. Therefore, the fleece shall be known as Fran from here on out.
I was too lazy to roll out the fleece to get a good shot, but here’s a little bunch of unwashed locks I pulled from the bit that’s waiting to be flicked. So crimpy! So delicious! The staples in the main part of the fleece are much more uniform - I snagged a random patch from the side of the fleece when it was rolled out, in order to get a feel for it before starting in on the really good parts.
And here’s a shot of flicked locks, waiting to be spun. I flicked/carded in the grease, as this is fresh and clean enough to spin that way. There’s actually three layers there, separated by the Fran’s Chocolates tissue paper that came in the bag. :D
I can see there are a couple turned around (that’s what you get while trying to watch the eye candy and ridculousness that is the Spice Girls movie), but I am really looking forward to spinning this.
It’s all quality candy, all the time here at Three Fates Fiber. *G* Alas, I must get back to work now, but oh, someday soon I will have time to spin again!
First, a bit of shameless commerce. I just bought an Ashford Basic Jumbo Flyer (double drive) kit yesterday on impulse and once I got home realized that it’s just not something I’m going to use. Fastest case of buyer’s remorse I’ve ever had. Gah!
Box opened once, and I’ve barely even touched anything inside, so it’s practically brand spankin’ new. Includes jumbo flyer, whorl, four bobbins, front maiden, and I believe it also has a drive band, though I will need to double check. Can provide picture of contents if requested. Items are unfinished, so you can stain to match your wheel!
$110 includes shipping in the US, or make an offer. Paypal only please.
Non-commercial content - Did I mention this before? If you’re going to the Dulaan knit-in on the 27th here in the Seattle area and want free fibers to spin, let me know and I’ll bring some. Only caveat is that you use the resulting yarn in charity projects. I got not one but TWO boxes from the lovely person in Idaho who was stash culling, and I’m never gonna get through it all.
Not much else happening here. I was a total couch potato all weekend long and managed to get through the entire second season of SG1 in three days. I didn’t think it was possible to have a sore ass from sitting around on it most of the weekend, but it really can happen.
It’s not going to stop me from starting S3 tonight though. *G*
Sock knitting continues apace. The hotness that is RDA, Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping is making it difficult to make progress. Too much drool is not good for metal DPNs, not to mention what it does to the sock. I’ll try to muster up the wherewithall to stop with the terribly gauche drooling and make more progress pronto.
Happy Monday y’all!
OK, so my grand plans for the weekend? Never really materialized. There was a lot of Stargate: SG1 watching (holy cow RDA got better looking as he got older and lost the mullet and mmm my older man fetish continues unabated), as well as another disc of Veronica Mars. And there was a lot of chocolate in there too. Too much. Waaaay too much. I think I could feel my very own personal molecules vibrating at a subatomic level at certain points from the combined caffeine/sugar rush.
I flowed, like water, from one passive, ass-broadening activity to another for three days. There was mass consumption of coffee (mmmm coffee), a lot of TV-on-DVD, and an absolute TON of reading done. I think I plied a bobbin of practice singles somewhere in there while I was watching Pretender, but it was late and I was crashing and things there got blurry.
I did manage to wash another fleece this weekend though. Finished the Lincoln (huzzah!), and washed up a Shetland. Oddly enough, these two fleeces are very different. That’s me, Mistress of The Completely Freakin’ Obvious. But I’d done a Cotswold and a Lincoln, and abruptly shifting to Shetland made for an interesting tactile experience. I can tell you the Shetland was hella more dirty too. That pre-soak water? Almost made me gag. X-P
It’s supposed to get into the 80s here today in Seattle. Eighty degree weather in the middle of May. This doesn’t really bode very well for August, non? Too bad I don’t have today off of work too - I’d try my hand a spinning in the grease.
I’d better go find some coffee to help with this headache (I know, I know, sounds counterintuitive but it usually helps). Can’t go from mainlining for the majority of three days to an abrupt reduction w/out paying one way or another.
Oh! I meant to mention - I’m going to work on doing something for myself and have (like an insane person) joined a knit-a-long. Check out the Trekking button on the sidebar, once I get it loaded! Here’s to hoping I can actually knit something for myself in three months!