Day 32: By the time I got around to browsing the vendors at the Puyallup Fair this last September, much of the selection of dyed wool had been picked over and there were no two matching bags of roving in any hue I'd have considered for spinning. However, there were three or four which were similar, so I picked out the only two which didn't have mylar filaments: an aqua/blue/green combination and a blue/purple/black. Each bag contained four ounces, so by plying a strand of each, I'd have eight ounces of tweedy yarn, more than enough for a couple of hats. By its very nature, handspun has a distinctive look, but even moreso when using blended colours. Contrasted with commercially-produced, space-dyed yarns, the randomness possible with handspinning yields a truly unique product.
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