two pounds of wool

i have an order for two pounds of purple wool (blue undertones). This is my PILE to be blended on Saturday morning before my gig in Spearfish. It needs to be spun in the next several weeks...for delivery pre-thanksgiving! WOW!

green wool for a green and pink purse

dyed this on sunday! my weekend was a little nutty...as has been my week! 

my busy day

yesterday i finished all this laceweight silk and dyed it for my customer 

socks on...

here they are on...I'm buying good sock yarn next!
 

socks off!

ok--I hate them. the yarn is too thick and i can feel the stitches. the toes are not finished quite perfectly (i need to practice kitchner stick) I don't like the pattern, either. But it was a good learning experience. also...one turned out slightly bigger than the other. (OOPS!)

scrumbling sampler

one more pic of this little sampler...

scrumbling sampler

I put together this little scrumbling sampler. Cute little bits of yarn for a free form crochet or knit project. 

the texture is awesome tho...

 

it looks like worms

or squid legs...

mohair boucle

i call it "so ugly it's cute" but i'm not sure it is

ok...i don't love it :-(

this is my new mohair boucle...I don't like the colors much...

special order black laceweight!

 

Birthday Sale!

Any purchases made in my store today get a Birthday gift FROM me:

Free set of yarn or SD postcards with any purchase on Oct. 19!

http://castleman.etsy.com

and now the only question is...

do i keep it or sell it? I love, love, LOVE the colors. It is a beautiful Mohair Yarn. It is 4 plus ounces (122 grams) and i love it...but maybe i should sell it. This is the bottom layer of my jar dyeing experiment with mohair. after i pulled it out and started playing with it i loved the aztec gold/chestnut brown layer so much as a separate batt that i just HAD to spin it up myself! What do you think? keep it? sell it? weave a scarf? what? HELP!!!! 

more pics

there it is...carmel swirled with coffee and even a little foam! 

Carmel Cappucino

I think this looks just like my current favorite drink: Carmel Craze, a Carmel, Coffee Drink...Delicious! 

one final pic...

i love this yarn and the weaving is far from perfect so i'm not sure whether i should keep it, give it to my daughter or something or sell it telling what flaws it has. 

oops wrong picture

this is the leading end of the scarf...where i got way too tight. the other pic is where i fixed it... 

beginning end of scarf

i wove too tightly at the leading end of my scarf...so i don't LOVE this...after several inches i realized what i was doing and fixed it tho. 

my very first rigid heddle weaving project

this yarn is variegated creating this "semi-plaid" look. I love how it turned out. (mostly) 

visit my etsy store

hi:
shameless plug! visit my etsy store...you'll find spinning supplies as well as handspun yarn and more!

http://castleman.etsy.com

oooo and check out my treasury list!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_test.php?id=1160172550516U11974

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one more pic of drying mohair

 

here it is

not dry...or carded so it'll be prettier later but this is the jar dyed mohair! 

a whole picture of wine!

ok...it's a really bad pun and i apologize...but i couldn't resist!

close-up

 

more wine!

 

Wine Tasting

These fabulous boucle yarn skeins remind me of a wine tasting event. what do you think???