Loden!

Last month or so, I've decided to spin the fiber I've dyed myself, before I dig into my other fiber stash. Last year, around this time, I've dyed fiber for the first time. It was 16 ounces of Corriedale, in four different colorways. The first one was my nature socks as I called them, a green colorway, but different. The socks are still going strong. The color did not wash out, and there's only a little felting on the sole.

The next colorway was the blue one, where I had only 2 ounces left, after the over twist disaster. Made these socks with it.

So here's another green, which I call "Loden". When I saw the finished yarn, it reminded me of an old coat I had, a long time ago.


I was surprised that the fiber was easy to spin. I kind of expected it to be sticky in parts, but it was easy to draft and spin. I LOVE the different greens in this skein.
It's 307yds navajo plied. As I mentioned in a previous post, I've started to do navajo plying a little different, and it turned out so much softer. It's hard to explain how I do it, you'd have to see it. I'm glad I experimented with it.

Here you can see a bowl full of drafted fiber. Sam's hard at work guarding it. It was a nice sunny day, when I took this picture. Late afternoon, since the sun was coming in as it is. I was knitting something (can't remember what), and the dogs were snoozing peacefully, very nice scenario, and relaxing too.