So, I haven't been posting much lately, and I have a very good reason for this. I'm not deathly ill, or have a terrible family tragedy, nothing so heartbreaking as that. I have, however had a slightly unpleasant situation involing work scheduling, and have been having some difficulties with my husbands depressive moods. Nothing terrible, but enough that I have had a really hard time being positive, and I've had to stuggle the last two weeks to say something nice. And my mother always told me, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. So, instead of bringing my irritable mood here, I've opted to just not bring myself here.
Well, now that some things have resolved themselves, and I'm feeling much more bright and shiny, I would love to show you some of that bouncing baby blue fiber I mentioned earlier. And by earlier, I mean two weeks ago.
This is it. I can't remember where I bought it, but I got it at Madrona. It was a batt, but I stripped it before I even got to the car. It's so soft, and just buttery smooth.
It spins up super nice, too. I'm so used to drafting woolen style, just letting all the fuzzy bits hand out, that this super soft stuff is too easy to draft. I keep pulling too hard, and am ending up with a super fine, almost lace weight single. I know I'll have to at least two ply this, I might even three ply it.
It's going to be a hat for William, because he threw his beautiful grey basket weave one in the washer, and now it is a baby hat. I have never felted anything before, on purpose, or accident. Now I know how easy its is. Maybe I'll be making some felted slippers this year, for Hanukkah. They can go with the felted soaps I was thinking of doing with my leftover dyed Lopez special locks. We'll see. If I do the soaps, I'll step by step it, here.
So glad to be back, and with unequivocally happy thoughts.
