¡Cuidado, las llamas!
(it's a beautiful sunny Saturday - perfect for taking pictures!) The latest handspun from my newly-fixed wheel:
Left: 2 oz. of local llama (Kelly from Livermore, CO). Some of it was dyed green, and a hint of sparkly synthetic was combed in. This wasn't de-haired so it's a bit rough in places, but the downy fiber is amazingly soft and smooth. It's a nice rustic yarn. The fiber was a little slippery to spin because of the lack of crimp in the fiber, unlike wool.
Right: 1.2 oz of silk hankies, hand-dyed by Stefania. The silk hankies are a pain to work with in some ways; they don't draft very evenly, you have to be quite forceful when pre-drafting, and silk fiber catches on everything and floats through the air. Once it's pre-drafted, though, it spins quickly, the joins are very easy, and the end result is soft, smooth, lofty, and generally divine. And this color makes me swoon!
Left: 2 oz. of local llama (Kelly from Livermore, CO). Some of it was dyed green, and a hint of sparkly synthetic was combed in. This wasn't de-haired so it's a bit rough in places, but the downy fiber is amazingly soft and smooth. It's a nice rustic yarn. The fiber was a little slippery to spin because of the lack of crimp in the fiber, unlike wool. Right: 1.2 oz of silk hankies, hand-dyed by Stefania. The silk hankies are a pain to work with in some ways; they don't draft very evenly, you have to be quite forceful when pre-drafting, and silk fiber catches on everything and floats through the air. Once it's pre-drafted, though, it spins quickly, the joins are very easy, and the end result is soft, smooth, lofty, and generally divine. And this color makes me swoon!
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