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06/20/2006

Old and New

So I finally finished the Watermelon yarn. It turned out how I had hoped, similar to all the pink and green yarns I have been looking at. Of course spinning it vs just dyeing it gives it a little different finished result I like it. Here it is piled up. Watermelon Yarn Then I skeined it up. It is funny how yarns take on a much more serious look when skeined up nice and neat instead of a big pile. Here's the serious pose. Watermelon Yarn Skein
I have also dyed more roving to spin but first I need to spin for my swap buddy for the July installment. I have decided on a beaded yarn this time. I am going to spin a totally natural BFL roving then ply it with a natural cotton strung with a selection of beads that came premixed in a color combo called "vanilla", should look nice when it is done. Here is what I plan to spin after the plainer yarn. I call it Carnival and it should be a great change after the "Vanilla" yarn. Carnival Roving I couldn't for the life of me get the red right. It is much more cherry colored then the orangey color the camera caught but you get the idea.

Comments

your watermelon yarn looks good enough to eat! yum!
Love the carnival color roving, reminds me of cotton candy and snow cones. Gee.. I think I'm hungry!

Posted by: Amanda Cathleen | 06/20/2006

Holy cow, I got a talented pal! I LOVE the watermelon colorway. I agree that the other one looks like snow cones.

Posted by: Jayne | 06/20/2006

Amazing yarn, Cayli! You're such an artist. And I think you're right, yarn tends to take on a different air in skeins.

Your vanilla sounds great, too.

Posted by: miriam | 06/21/2006