The blue and the gold yarn shown here are a blend of llama and cheviot wool that comes from my brother-in-law's flock. More about his Riverbank Farm here. His fleeces are spun at MacAusland's Woollen Mill on Prince Edward Island.
The red yarn is also from my brother-in-law, but it is a bulky spun from the cheviots only. It started creamy white and I dyed it bright red. These mittens were knit last fall with the same. I was hoping for a more intense red, so I overdyed the remaining wool with more red, some orange, and a splash of purple. The purple yarn is some Bartlett I bought years ago from my neighbor (it started yellowy tan), and I've since dyed it twice. Done now.
My husband wanted to be working in the back yard too, so he got out my Dad's rock drill* and made a favorite new home for my laundry line. When I was a kid my Dad fed a pipe for an outdoor spigot through the back of a huge rock at our camp, so we had water coming out of a rock. Now I have a laundry line out of a rock!
*My Dad bought the rock drill and used it a few times, but his true delight came from scheming with my husband which rocks to drill and split, and then supervising the work.
I'll be running a drop-in-and-dye demo/workshop all weekend at Fiber College in September. Bring your bedraggled yarns that are lingering unloved in the back of the stash and I'll show you how to transform them into your new favorites!
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