I felt it this morning, really I did...the hint of that air that comes out of a refridgerator...Mother Nature's Air Conditioning. She fooled me, though...it was just a fake thing, this cooling that we wait for here. Well, it WAS cooler, only getting up to 106 instead of 110.5, so who's complaining? It just makes for cold food for dinner, ya know...cucumber, tomato, tuna and crackers. Yummy.
Today a couple of heavy boxes arrived on my doorstep...beautiful new luxury yarns, baby. There is a gorgeous baby alpaca/silk sport weight, a heavy worsted weight angora/merino/poly and last but not least, this fall's luxury in fingering weight sock yarn 20/80 angora/merino. Oh, baby this stuff is gorgeous. This will be THE gift yarn. I can't wait to get started and it couldn't have come at a better time...I am still waiting for the long delayed shipment of my sock yarn. I am rationed down to a slim few undyed skeins to last these two weeks. I will do my best to take care of your orders and then we will all just have to wait a little bit. This was a delayed pain, simply because I bought all that they had before this nightmare happened. We have done pretty well through this whole fiasco and it only mucked up the hopes of a store in Michigan. So...in the meantime, there is Sock! Merino, people...
I have finally started to photograph the Alpaca Lace so that when Holly comes back from her vacation, we can get it up on the site. Here are a couple of colors for you. Berry Poppins and Agua Fresca.
The day that I was doing the experimentation with the new Berry Poppins, I decided to put some color to a bit of Superwash Merino. Of course I couldn't stop the curiosity and so last night I spun up a 4 ounce piece and this afternoon I balled up the single and plied it from a center pull ball. I loooooove it.
I love your colorways and their names! And the new yarns do sound yummy. But angora/merino for socks? How long will they last?
Posted by: Chris | July 19, 2006 at 04:55 AM
Hm, new sport weight silk/alpaca. OK I will hope to get a handful of that at Stitches...
Hi Chris, I bought your Mazurka last year... I just spun my first angora blend (not on the Mazurka however...) I would probably go with that merino/angora for something other than socks, too. It'd make a great shawl.
Posted by: CarolineF | July 19, 2006 at 04:56 AM
Not everything needs to be hard wearing, my dears. There are people on this planet that love bed socks. Hey, I have commercial socks that have a little angora in them and these puppies go in the washer and dryer!
Posted by: Lisa S | July 19, 2006 at 06:08 AM
The dyed fiber and handspun is so pretty! Ever since I became a spinner, I think dyed fibers look so much more interesting than dyed yarns. I see more possibility in them, for color mixing and blending.
Posted by: Monica | July 19, 2006 at 07:37 AM
Ohh Agua fresca is just so pretty. It would match my dress for my sil's wedding perfectly but alas I have run out of time;-)
Posted by: elizabeth | July 19, 2006 at 08:32 AM
Alpaca Lace weight just sounds sooooo yummy......and preetttttyyyy colors!*DROOL*
I can see, i have to take another pic, since you thought that the pic i send you looked like your aqua...it's not.....not even close.....but I admit that the pic i send you, where very blur. Will have to take another shot!!:-)
Posted by: Helle Reed | July 19, 2006 at 09:10 AM
Those of us living in the hinterlands are lucky enough to use those dreamy fibers for bedsocks - it's the best thing about winter! The problem is picking which colorway goes the best with my gym shorts and raggy t-shirt. And alpaca silk?? OMG. We will be talking about an order for me SOON.
Posted by: Kerry | July 19, 2006 at 09:57 AM
Mmmm. The new angora/merino sounds like it would make wonderful gloves! And the alpaca lace...uh oh, I feel another order coming on. :)
Posted by: Vicki | July 19, 2006 at 08:48 PM