Just in Time

We finally got some rain.  After a couple months of pretty much no rain at all, we got 5 days of it.  So here I sat through all that rain with two very active Irish Setters, socially inept Amika who has difficulties getting along with other dogs except for Molly and Gypsy, and Gromit the Australian Shepherd visiting for a few days.  Obviously they all had to go out but it had to be in shifts because Amika decided a while ago that Gromit is an enemy.  Gromit doesn't care if he gets wet, but those girls are all a bunch of prissy princesses.  They step outside, feel the wet under their tootsies, and turn to me with a look of disdain and horror and just plain priss.  "What?  You expect me to go out in this?"  And they won't go out unless someone takes them.  Which means I have to get wet, too.  And first thing in the morning while I'm still in my jammies and before I've had tea, I don't like it anymore than they do.  We all get wet but I'm the only one with the sense to keep it off the rug.  So when I got the email from Still River Mill saying my fiber order was ready, you betcha I locked the dogs up and took off for the day.  I picked up a total of almost 15 pounds of stuff.  Three and a half pounds is mill spun angora, polwarth and silk, about sport weight, I think.  The plan of course is to dye the yarn. If I can find my dye pots and dyes.  Once it's dyed, much of it will be up for sale.  Next up: a 4 pound batt of rambouillet blended with angora dyed blue and purple.  Think felt.  I want to make some mittens and scarves, maybe try a vest.  And then there is 6 pounds of roving, a blend of fine chocolate wool  and 3 colors of dyed angora: pink, cherry red and spruce.  Original plan was to blend them for a variegated roving, but we decided that might be too subtle because of the darkness of the wool.   So the roving is done as solids.  I'm going to spin about an ounce of each color, then ply them as a three ply, just to see what it looks like. 

So what is this just in time for?

Details in the next post.  I still have to open the package and play.

Comments

[Diane]

Wow, that's some order!
You must remember to call me on your way to the mill. You pass right by me and I'd love a fiber jaunt!

[Laurie]

WOW. You are drowning in fiber. Is that a Louet Victoria? Just guessing.

Your description of dogs and rain is priceless.

[Kim]

If you get a chance, drop me anote....I want to ask you about the mill you are using, as I have some fiber that I want processed, but it's a fine wool and I worry about neps.

Beautiful fiber!

[Kelly]

Gabby's like that when rains so I have to go out with her to make sure she actually goes or else she'd be hiding under the picnic table.

Sounds like a wonderful fiber order. Those rovings are beautiful can't wait to see what it looks once spun and plied.