This first one includes some llama which Mum was given a few locks of that is now washed and blended with BWM tops/bamboo and merino fleece I dyed and carded up some time ago. There is a soft mushroom/pink, blue, green, yellow and browns in this and I did it in layers of colour for her.
This one is from the leftovers of what I pulled out of the November Ixchel batt. ie I removed all of the silk thready bits plus a lot of the sparkle and some of the suri alpaca and bunny angora. I added this to 18 micron merino that I dyed up and had left over bits of mauve and blue. So it is another gorgeous layered batt to play with.
These and the mohair ones I did a few weeks ago will be plyed with a neutral colour and she can make a small contrast lot as well and there will be enough of each to do stripes in some fingerless mitts to see how it wears next to the skin.
5 comments:
You have some beautiful colours there and it looks so soft!
It is so interesting to read about your yarn "recipes," Katherine! There's so much more to it than I thought. Good luck with them!
These batts are reaaly beautiful...very subtle in their colouring. A drum carder must be a very favoured tool!
You've been busy again! These are beautiful - such subtle colours. Hope your mum enjoys playing with them - and has success. I want the next instalment!
Those are so pretty, they make me think of early morning fluffly clouds
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