Friday, November 21, 2014

Fresh Off the Wheel - Sunshine on a Cloudly Day


I'm not really a big fan of yellow, but when I saw this plant dyed yellow batt called "Daffodil" in Judy's shop I felt compelled to purchase it.  Something about it really called out to me and I think it was that it reminds me so much of the warm bright sun of summer which I sorely miss at this time of year.  It also reminded me of this post I read a while ago on Tonya's blog about how there are so many plants which give us yellow dye and her thoughts that maybe wearing yellow sweaters would help us think of the warm months to come.  Well, I really liked that thought of wearing yellow to cheer oneself through the darker months here in the north, thus for a change this yarn is intended for me and not my shop.

Now, I only had a few ounces of the yellow wool so I needed to ply it with something else to make a good sized skein.  I've been wanting an angora hat for a while and found I still had some angora/wool roving that could flesh out the yellow nicely.  The angora is a soft dove gray which got me thinking about how the roving looked like a fluffy gray cloud waiting to be spun as it sat pooled at my feet.  Then I thought what a nice juxtaposition of clouds, which are the mainstay of winter, and sunshine, the mainstay of summer.  Needless to say I'm happy with my lumpy, fluffy, squishy "Sunshine on a Cloudy Day" skein of yarn.  Oh, in case you were wondering it came out to be 250 yards of DK/worsted weight.  I've already begun knitting this hat making just a few modifications, but more on that in another post. 

Joining in with Linda for Creative Friday and Andrea for Fibre Arts Friday.

10 comments:

  1. I love the way that yarn has turned out - beautiful! Look forward to seeing it knitted up.

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  2. So pretty! It will be a very cheery hat.

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  3. Beautiful handspun. I am not a fan of yellow but I find that a bit of yellow really lets other colors POP! I tend to use it quite a bit in various projects as an accent. Your yarn is lovely.

    To answer your question on my blog, I use a Lendrum wheel that I have painted and customized to fit my nerd heart's desire ;-) I do have all of the flyers so I did use the lace fast flyer for the silk yarn.

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    1. I'm hearing more and more of people using a Lendrum wheel. I am on my first wheel, an Ashford traditional, but I'm hoping to upgrade soon.

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  4. That yarn looks so soft! I can see why you love it.

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  5. Beautiful yarn! Makes my fingers itch to get out the ol' Lovet. :^)

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    1. I get that itch too when I see handspun yarn I like. All I can say is give in you'll be happy you did ;)

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