Pine Forest & DeStash Sundays

Yesterday I spun up another Squish-tastic! yarn in one of my favorite colorways - Pine Forest. I spin a merino/silk blend very thin, a merino wool thick and thin, and then ply the two together. With the remaining merino/silk I Navajo-ply it. Here are the two skeins -

Squish-tastic! - Pine Forest - 106 yards, 5.1 oz - super bulky weight


Navajo 3-ply- Pine Forest - 70 yards, 2.8 oz - bulky/heavy worsted weight

I'm not sure what I'm going to spin today. I've got some merino/silk in the Plum Grove color but I can't decide how to spin it - single, 2ply, or 3ply? I also need to get some more bamboo spun and listed. Not to mention the art yarns that I've had ready to go for weeks! Definitely need to get to the wheel . .

BUT, I wanted to mention that starting SUNDAY, I will be doing "DeStash Sundays" all throughout May. Every Sunday, I will be posting some fiber or yarns that I'm hoping to destash. They will be listed at or below my cost and in most cases shipping will be free for US addresses. I'm going to start this Sunday with some hand dyed alpaca fiber from The Yarn Wench and possibly some other fibers, too. There are some things that no matter how much I love them - the colors, the feel, the fiber - I just don't end up spinning them, so I'd rather have them go to someone who WILL use them - whether for spinning, felting, or maybe carding into batts. So, watch for that THIS SUNDAY!!

In the Forest Pine . . .

One thing you may notice is the fact that there are some colors I return to over and over again . . . Pine Forest happens to be one of them. I first spun this colorway into two art yarns. Then, recently, into some single plys. And, now, here it is in yet another form -

This is a thick/thin super squishy 2ply! One ply is a thick/thin merino and the other is a thin merino/silk. I also have a mini skein of it, too -

And, since I always have extra of the thin merino/silk strand, I also have a small 85-yard skein of the merino/silk Navajo plied!

Last night, I did another of the bulky thick/thin 2plys in the "Meridian" colorway! I didn't get the Navajo 3ply done, but I did get a large 120 yard skein of the 2ply spun up - it should be listed later today!

Tonight, I finish the Navajo 3ply and then it is back to the bamboo! I have some more to spin for a possible buyer this weekend at the CRAFTACULAR (at the High Noon Saloon in Madison, Wisconsin - Saturday, June 28, 10am-4pm!) and then also wanted to get a couple more skeins spun up for the show in general.

In other news, I have 3 days left of my job . . . . . it's just . . . weird. But, I will definitely love having more time to spin!!

That's all from me for now!