SPUNKY CLUB

I’m so far behind in posting about my spinning! I looked through and it doesn’t look like I’ve talked about January, so here it is (and just ignore me if I have, and didn’t think that I have; I’ll lay the blame on a lack of coffee).

130 yards/98 grams (2-ply)

I had never worked with Icelandic Wool before, and I really liked it. So did my cats! This is the first fiber that they have tried to carry off. I divided it in half, and half was in the basket on the table next to me while I was spinning. Two of my five cats kept trying to climb in the basket and either roll in or walk off with the fiber. They did this two or three times each before I finally moved it into another room and shut the door. Seriously, they’ve never treated any of my other fibers this way! It was funny, but also a little creepy after a while.

BTW, like everyone else has said, I loved working with this fiber. I would love to see it make another rotation through the club sometime!

- Lorena

I finally managed to upload the pictures of my ThinkSpringBedsocks. Not my colors at all but incredibly warm and comfortable!

And I’ve spun up my MudSeason too!

There seem to be some posting problems so this s just a test to see if it will post ok.

Okay, long story short. Split the roving in half because two different people expressed and interest in it and I spun to spec for each of them.

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This was my first batch from the club and I’m so thrilled with it! Now, these are colours I would have never chosen myself, but that is precisely why I signed up for the club in the first place! It is a great way to try fibers and colour combinations I otherwise probably would not have.

I’ll admit, I was very iffy on it at first, but as I spun on and plied I couldn’t get enough of it!

Look at him, acting like he doesn’t see the yarn. I know better.

170 yds.
4 oz.

All in all, I am very pleased! I cannot wait until i start spinning the next batch. I _love_ the new colours!

Talia
(RobotMarie)

I just finished spinning the November selection “Pie for Everyone”. I liked how soft the Falkland wool was, but it was also “sticky” and ended up on everything I was wearing while spinning it. The skein turned out to be 302 yds of dk weight - a very balanced yarn too, so I’m very pleased with it. But hmmm… the color? For some reason the way my shades came together made it look sort of like a Barbie doll with varicose veins. I was thinking I’d get sections of brown in there, but it sort of melded with the pink to make a mostly sinewy salmony mush. What do you think? Rhubarb pie, perhaps? I’m thinking I might try to over-dye this with red or blue.