After a few baths it looked like this
Amazing isnt it... just dishwashing soap makes such a huge difference. So now i am carding my way through it and starting to spin it bit by bit, its lovely.
The other thing that arrived was this...
An exceptionally kind gift from Rani... she even put in some Reeses christmas bells... they only just made it into the picture. I feel utterly spoiled. It's really hard to even get woolen yarn here and we dont get any handpainted....at all... its lovely and I'm really excited about what i can knit with it. These skeins however....
Are destined to become a little dress for Rafaela. I think I will do the 'liitle sister dress' with it.I can't wait to cast on... but my 3mm needles are still busy with this....
I hope to have it finished over the weekend. Hope you all have a great weekend!
3 comments:
Oh ho ho. It was a fun package to put together! I needed bless someone else with all my yarn. I'll never get through it all! It feels good to know it's in good hands.
I can't WAIT to see the dress. The yarn is really pretty when it's knit up. I don't want to toot my own horn, but I used a different color for a February sweater that looks soooo pretty (ravelry). I think it would be too heavy of a drape on an adult, but perfect for a little girl!!!!!
oh! ANd cool pics of the fleece. It's really interesting to see the process.
I washed a grey fleece some time ago...the water was really disgusting! But now it sits nice and clean on a shelf...just waiting to be spun..I've tried with a spindle, but didn't have the patience, so I guess the wool might continue sitting on the shelf for quite some time-LOL!
The dress will be really cute.
I knit a Baktus without the lace- and almost went nuts! Had a really hard time remembering when to do the increasing! So it looks rather wonky-lol- but hopefully not so noticeable when wearing it!
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