365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Spinning Blueberries
Day 17: Blueberries turned up in a different discussion this morning, reminding me that I haven't shown my readers the latest project on my spinning wheel. The wool is commercially combed and dyed, and the colourway is called "blueberry." I don't have space or energy to delve into dyeing fibers myself, but even if that was an option, I generally prefer to keep to natural colours in my handspun. This delicious purply-blue was too tempting to pass by, so I bought a pound, not really enough for a major project by itself, but more than enough for something like a hat or neck warmer, or it could be used to add a pattern or a stripe to a sweater. However, the longer I work on it, the idea of adding a bit of sparkle when it's time to ply it asserts itself, and I just happen to have some shimmery vintage Nomis filament in an appropriate shade. What do you think? Should I go for the glitz?
Labels:
Ashford dyed wool,
blueberry wool,
spinning
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