Spin A Yarn for Ewe

I have started on my newest roving. It is a beautiful roving I bought of ebay for a song and it is super nice. I always worry about ebay but this description sounded like the seller was actually a spinner and knew her wool. It came white (my favorite color to buy) so I had to hit the dye pot with it. The roving is drip dyed as I call it. I just drip color on randomly and that's it, nothing scientific, I just make sure there is color on both sides. Here it is before spinning. Now I have spun almost half of it and for sure plan on plying it together so the color will be a little stronger when done. This to me is the magic of spinning dyed roving vs dyeing yarn and why I almost always do The first and not the second. Big difference, don't you think?

On the knitting front, the washcloths were gifted today and they seemed to like them. I am also about to start on a new project. I know, what about the sweater, but it is getting so heavy and hot to knit on that I felt like something lighter. When I ordered for the Dye-O-Rama swap I ordered way more yarn than I needed (of course) so I have decided to try some lace. Yes, that's right, lace. I can not believe it either but I found a shawlette pattern I like and decided it would be my first lace project. We will see how it goes.