TwistedLoops

I had a great time at Black Sheep Gathering last Saturday with Kate.

There were no yarn purchases this year, but there was a lot of fiber purchased.  I didn’t have a huge fiber stash before, but now I’m fairly satisfied with my stash.  I’m going to post in the order of purchase.  I’m not sure that there was a method to my buying, but I’m pleased with the fiber I came home with.  On to the details…

First up, 10.2 beautiful ounces of Blue Faced Leicester Top from Diacentra Designs in the colorway Madrona Dark.  It’s a soft blend of dark red/maroon, slate blue and gold.  It really became a tough color to capture with the camera.  I know that the photo here does not do it justice.

I purchased this fiber of purples, blues and greys with the colorway name Heather.  I looked at this one for quite a while before I got it.  I wasn’t going to, but I’m such a sucker for purple.  It’s a Wolf Creek Wools blend of 70% superwash merino and 30% alpaca top, 4.3 ounces in total.

Next up, 2 ounces of 80% merino, 20% angora roving.  It’s Bunny Patch Fiber from New Hue Handspun in the Ancient Roses.  This one was a bit of an impulse buy.  I wasn’t sold on the roving by looking at it while walking by.  As I stood around waiting for Kate to purchase some, I noticed she was selling hanspun out of the roving, and I really loved the look of it.  I decided to buy some and see if I could spin a yarn as nice as the ones she had.

Next, 8 ounces of Superwash Merino from Crown Mountain Farms in the colorway Hey Jude.  It’s a blend of purples, blues, greens, yellows, and oranges.  From talking with them at their booth, this is a new colorway for them.  This is the same vendor that I purchased my alpaca lace from last year for my Icarus shawl.  I loved the yarn, so I’m hoping to love this roving.

At the Tactile Fiber Arts booth, I picked up 4 ounces of a natural colored alpaca silk blend.  It’s 80% alpaca and 20% silk, and so soft.  I admired it several times before stopping by to pick it up.  I can’t even begin to be able to explain how soft this stuff is.  I also love the natural black color with the silk blended in to lighten it up.  I think this is going to be a dream to spin.

Finally, on my way out of the show, I stopped by the Creatively Dyed booth.  I debated for a while, but finally walked away with 8 ounces of the 70% Wool, 30% Seacell blend.  It’s mostly orange, with lots of blues and greens blended in.  If I were naming the color, I’d call it Key West, just a vibe I get from the color scheme.