Unfortunately this left me just time enough to pack for my trip tomorrow.  I bought beautiful drop spindles for my mom and sister.  This of course meant that half of my packing time was spent deciding which ‘teaching fibres’ I’d bought I should take home with me.

The Fairy Wings yarn I finished yesterday turned out wonderfully, and the empty pill container I hung on the bottom as it dried even kept it from twisting up again.

Sorry for the lack of pictures, but there isn’t much progress to show today :)

Today one of the things that I have learned is ‘when spinning variegated fibre don’t spin one dark section, one light section, and then a second dark section, 2-ply with an Andean Bracelet, and then expect it all to be roughly evenly coloured!’  Next time I will remember to try to setup my single so that I ply light with dark most of the way along it, rather than dark with dark and light with light.

I’m currently working with a Merino/Tencel blend called Fairy Wings from Spincerely‘s etsy store.  Doesn’t it look just luscious?  It feels that way too!  I love the feel of the drop spindles I’ve been using recently, from Dragoncraft.  They’re about an ounce and a quarter – just the right weight for me.  This one they made just for me!

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The plan is for this yarn to be made into a Beach Glass shawl for my little sister.  At the moment I probably have 1/3 of the yarn I need.