And this is currently in my stash, in my possession and in my studio! It has been segregated but it is still in proximity to the “good stuff”. I know, it’s not like me, but the special secret project has brought some scary stuff into my life.

“It” came out of this pile —

Thanks for helping to sort this Mariegold, I would not have been as generous with you for what to save. As a matter of fact, I think I was still looking for a match while you were separating colours.

I have to curb my urge to be a yarn snob as there are many valid and practical uses for acrylic. One of which will make itself clear in the next few weeks. Still semi-secret!

These photos should take off some of the edge of the previous pics. My apologies.

I found a sweater pattern that I think I might attempt which needs about 600g of fibre. Let the planning begin. Since BFL is my favourite base, I thought I would start with a natural and build up from that. On the left 6 – 60 gram BFL rovings and the right 10 g of dyed bamboo.

Next, a new fibre I haven’t worked with before. The pic on the left is lavender corn silk and the right is cut alpaca in greens with a bit of gold angelina

There were a few more lux items added in, Wensleydale locks, mohair locks, and kid mohair. Now with each pile at 100g, it was ready for the carder. The photo on the left is the first pass and the right is a small pile of the finished batts.

So far I’ve spun up 400g and I’m really happy with the loftiness of the single. I didn’t manage to spin it to gauge, however, I don’t think I’ll have a problem finding another design to accommodate it.

I’m thinking of taking this into a children’s design. I think the tiny pops of colour would be sweet in a little coat. I think I’ll spin the other 200g first, it really was butter soft to spin.