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I’m writing with only 3 hours of sleep so please bear with me. I really shouldn’t have had that Chai last night, but it was so good! Let’s see.
Wednesday was plying day so I Navajo plied the singles spun from Lori’s gorgeous fiber. I’m calling it Midnight Sky.
Alpaca/Merino Blend
I decided to turn the fiber for my swap partner into a 2 ply. This one is going to be called Chocolate Espresso. I really hope she likes it.
Superwash Merino/Alpaca Blend
With the Beijing Summer Olympics drawing near, Ravelympic fever is running rampant. So a few of us on Plurk decided we should do the Handspun Heptathalon. It was only natural that we set up a team for us Plurkers, thus Team Splurk was born!
Since the Heptathalon isn’t just for spinners, we’ve had some knitters join us as well. All they need to do is find some handspun to knit with!
I’ll have 11 days of rest between the Tour de Fleece and the Ravelympics. The spinning never ends and I like it that way.
I really hope that was coherent.
Happy Friday everyone! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend! :-)
kris on 18 Jul 2008 at 11:38 am #
ooooh, they are both gorgeous!!!
Jeanne on 18 Jul 2008 at 12:08 pm #
Gorgeous yarn!
fleegle on 18 Jul 2008 at 12:16 pm #
Wow! The yarns are splendiferous! And boy, you have an incredible amount of energy!!
Kelley on 18 Jul 2008 at 12:56 pm #
I love the yarns, as always. I’m amazed at the amount of energy you have — I’ve been away for a few weeks and you’ve been so busy! Do you do it all on no sleep, or just some of it??? :)
Roseann on 18 Jul 2008 at 1:00 pm #
What beautiful pictures of your gorgeous handspun yarns! I’ve been spinning my silk/wool and am on bobbin #3. I enjoy reading about all your extracurricular activities and look forward to seeing more of your spinning.
Hattie on 18 Jul 2008 at 1:25 pm #
Both of those are gorgeous! I think the brown is my fave of the two. :)
limedragon :-: Harriet on 18 Jul 2008 at 1:27 pm #
Good luck w/ the Ravelympics… I’ll be playing with Team Stashdown. :)
loribird on 18 Jul 2008 at 1:49 pm #
Whee! You are fast! Thanks for doing such wonders to my li’l ol’ bumps of fiber — and thanks for the linky-dink in your sidebar too.
Oh, and Go Team Splurk!
Carin on 18 Jul 2008 at 2:29 pm #
Now that’s what I call eye candy!
Absolutely delicious! I love both of them.
tiennie on 18 Jul 2008 at 9:20 pm #
Beautiful beautiful!
chris on 19 Jul 2008 at 2:30 am #
Beautiful plying - ease up on the chai!
Patricia on 19 Jul 2008 at 3:20 am #
The yarn is lovely. I hope, some day, to learn how to spin. One of my knitting companions in our group gifted me with a top whorl spindle and some roving.
Thank you for sharing. Love the kitties below.
Robin in VA on 19 Jul 2008 at 3:49 am #
Your handspun is gorgeous…especially the Midnight Sky!!!
Peggy on 19 Jul 2008 at 4:43 am #
You are busy, busy, busy. The yarns look great.
JessaLu on 19 Jul 2008 at 5:30 am #
Beautiful spinning! :o)
Cookie on 19 Jul 2008 at 6:27 am #
Wonderful spinning, Opal!
Made sense to me, but I’m running low on sleep, too. It’s the weekend, right? o.0
xo
Becky on 19 Jul 2008 at 12:28 pm #
They are both beautiful and the names fit them perfectly! Much better than the names I’ve called my hand dyed rovings: Fuzzy Lettuce and Disemboweled Cow.
hakucho on 19 Jul 2008 at 12:28 pm #
Love, Love, Love your midnight sky :)
Carrie K on 19 Jul 2008 at 4:12 pm #
Midnight Sky and Chocolate Espresso are both well named and beautiful yarn.
textillian on 20 Jul 2008 at 2:01 am #
The handspun is great. I love those colors, and I just want to reach through the screen to feel them.
And I just noticed you have an Etsy store. How long has that been around?
Shell on 20 Jul 2008 at 11:47 am #
Very pretty yarns, you are keeping busy and that is good. Spin On!
Naomimimi on 21 Jul 2008 at 9:19 am #
gorgeous colors, and such a great job! sorry you didn’t get a lot of sleep….
Micki on 28 Jul 2008 at 12:24 pm #
Regarding Chocolate Espresso: She doesn’t like it. She *loves* it! :)