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?
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