I put up a few more Wild Card Bling Batts on my Etsy Shop. These three batt groupings are carded up with lots of lovely farm wool and will spin into a sparkly textural yarn.
First up is Harem:
Followed by Maize:
And finally Surf & Sun:
Just posted a new Wild Card Bling Batt in my Etsy shop. Her name is Patchwork.
Here are today's latest batts which I've put up on my Etsy shop. This is called So Sari and it is hand-dyed, very soft merino wool top in deep rich shades of gold, plum and purple along with hand-dyed Firestar nylon in sparkly, shimmery gold and deep purples. In addition, there's sparkly gold angelina, beautiful sari silk and sari silk ribbon bits. Each batt is rolled up around a large handful of hand-dyed gold and plum Teeswater/Wensleydale locks.
I'm having so much fun with my carder. I've put up a couple of new Wild Card Bling Batts on Etsy since yesterday's update. Here's a peek:
Caution to the Wind Wild Card Bling Batt
Spring Bling
Stop on by and check things out!
Oh! I'm late posting here. I launched an update in my Etsy store a few minutes ago - and there are still a few things left!! This is not one of them but I loved it and had to share!
I'm hoping to update my Etsy shop either tomorrow or Wednesday. At this point I'm thinking it will be tomorrow as it's nice and warm out and my wools are drying fast outside. I love when the days are nice enough to let things air dry in the sun. This week there will be lots of merino and Falkland top, a bit of Firestar, and quite a number of Wild Card Batts. Here's a peek at a new one:
These Plumgold Wild Card batts are composed of very soft merino wool top, hand-dyed Firestar nylon in gold and purple, gold angelina, mohair locks, and Wensleydale locks. Some of the Wensleydale locks are carded in but I left most of them uncarded and on the surface so you can tailspin them in. I just didn't have the heart to mess with the wonderful lock formation. These two batts are so sparkly and soft! They'd make a lovely yarn or would be wonderful to felt.
I'm planning another big update in my Etsy shop some time early next week.Here's a sneak peek at one of the items.
Poodleskirt Wild Card Batts - hand-dyed merino wool top, hand-dyed nylon Firestar, angelina, mohair locks, carbonized bamboo.
It's felt so nice hitting the dye pots hard this week. I keep updating my Etsy shop and it keeps emptying out. I also have a backlog of commission work piling up which I need to get to in the next few days before Rachel comes home from college on Friday for a 9 day break between terms. I'll probably be a dye pot slacker during that time!
In other news, my daughter Alex just got engaged to a wonderful young man named Justin. We're very excited. They're planning a fall 2013 wedding and we couldn't be more delighted. It's so nice to see these two together - they're just so happy. It makes my heart full.
I'm continuing to house hunt in the Pittsburgh area. I'm getting so discouraged - I don't like the homes out there! Everything has a small footprint because of the hilly terrain and bedrock so they build one identical center hall colonial after another - tall and skinny! It isn't my style at all so it's been frustrating to me. My house isn't on the market yet. I've gotten a lot of work done - had the exterior re-stained and the inside painted. Gone are my funky teal walls - replace by "Blanched Almond" - the neutral that realtors adore. It's starting to not feel like my house anymore. And I continue to dig away at the contents of my huge basement, hauling one carload after another to the thrift shop. I won't have the luxury of a big basement space in Pittsburgh so our packrat mentality has got to go.
Well, that's the talkiest I've been on here in a long time. Every now and then I try to catch up on everyone but it hasn't been easy. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
Yesterday felt like the old Yarn Wench to me! Thanks so much to all who purchased from my Etsy shop! It was the first decent-sized update I'd had in about a year and I wondered what kind of response I'd get and I'm happy to say it was overwhelming! My postman was pleasantly surprised by all the boxes on the front porch this morning and I had to make a run to the post office with international orders! I was so happy yesterday that I fired up the dye pots right away and I have a few more merino tops making their way onto my Etsy shop today - so please take a look! Thanks again - I hope this can become more routine for me. I've missed it. xoxo Lynn
I just put 25 new items up on Etsy! Lots of merino wool top, hand-dyed matching Firestar nylon, and Indonesian silk cocoons and carrier rods. First big update in a year!! Come by and visit!
