Fuzzy red yarn

Fuzzy red yarn
Originally uploaded by darklordspet

Over the past few weeks, I've been keeping myself busy scouring, dying, and spinning. Over the past couple days, I've been plying, and I have to admit I didn't spin it tightly enough. It is mohair, and very slick, so I need quite a bit of twist to get it to stick to itself. When plying, it just unwinds. I had to restart a few times, so multiple skeins.

Da-glo fuzz

Brightly colored
Originally uploaded by darklordspet

Over the past few weeks, I've been scouring more mohair in preparation to spin. I've also been dying with my new colors to see how they come out. I'm very pleased with the fiber that I'm rescouring and dying - it's clean, very soft, and easy to fluff. I didn't have time to fluff and dry the darker green this past weekend, so it's not quite as clean as the rest. Still, it's lovely.

Violet mohair for the masses!

UltraViolet mohair
Originally uploaded by darklordspet

Here's some fun I created from my Dharma Trading order! Last week, I scoured more mohair and dyed it while still damp from the scouring. The color is rich and vibrant, and the teased fiber is so very soft. When I'm done with my orange yarn, I'll do more scouring and dying so I can spin this, too.

This was dyed using more Jacquard acid dyes. The color is violet, really, really violet in person. I also got some cherry red, golden yellow, and chartreuse. (I assume it's supposed to be the same color as absinthe.) While tie dying, I saw a combination of yellow and green that just said, "go get the neon green - now!" And who am I to argue when a drippy drop cloth starts yapping out instructions.

I've started using Ravelry.com as my "current projects" site as well as repository of my stash, library, and queue info. I'm sure that I'll find other uses for it as well.