Not for small children and those who still believe in the Easter Bunny.
Knowing that I had a large stuffed bunny to fit through the orafice, I headed down to Birkeland Bros. and saddled up to the Country Spinner. This wheel is an unbelievable workhorse. If you are ever thinking about production spinning, this is an excellent wheel choice. It’s hard to go wrong when the bobbin holds 2.2 lbs of fibre.
My base fibre was a hand dyed BFL. This colourway was just to finish up a few left over dyes. When it was dry, all I kept thinking was “Holy Crap, Easter wool”…….Hense the “Easter Bunny’s Bad Day”. I am hoping this is far less offensive than “Santa in a Blender” and the other possible name choice of “Easter Vomit”.
There was a big of a struggle, even with this size orafice to get the rabbit through the hole, however stuffies can usually be wiggled through.
Once bunny passed along the post it was hilarious to see the rabbit take flight before it finally nestled against the bobbin. Only shortly later to become fully trapped in the subsequent fibre.
To get the full flavour of Easter, I included some spring flowers, some felted coloured eggs, some cashmere and silk easter grasses (you know that weird stuff that fills the bottom of easter baskets.
And then just a few felted flowers for some fun in coordinating colours.
Sorry for the photo heavy post, but this isn’t the yarn I would be spinning every day, or the colours I would pick. The Country Spinner rocks. Not as thrilling, but here are the other yarns I managed to spin that day.
Come by the MOV tonight for a visit. Touch the pretty wool.