2 posts tagged “stormy night”
I've been trying to keep focused on spinning the past few days, and I have managed to get some new bamboo AND new art yarns spun up. Yesterday, I spun up two new art yarn colors. The first is spun from merino wool dyed by the Yarn Wench. She called this color "Lifesaver" and I think it really fit! But, while I was spinning this yarn, all I could think was "Summer Cooler" - so that is what I named it. I have two skeins and they are the bottom two in the mosaic below. The second color was spun from more Yarn Wench merino, this time a color called "Suited Up". When I first bought this fiber, the name reminded me of "Barney" on the tv show How I Met Your Mother. I originally wanted to spin it into a single ply, something that could maybe then be knit into a "guy" item. Well, as it worked out, I had some yarns that matched it well, so I abandoned that idea and decided to spin it into an art yarn. Hence, the name is "Barney's Midnight Blues" to try and keep a bit of the original thought I had when buying the fiber. I have two skeins and they are the top two in the mosaic below. You can find them all on ETSY HERE.
On
Wednesday, I spun up 8 skeins of bamboo in the Stormy Night and Summer
Shades colorways. I usually name the Summer Shades colors "Stormy Seas"
to go along with the "Stormy Night", but this time they seemed a bit
different, so I stuck with their original names, though two are lighter
and two are darker. These are all on etsy HERE.
Today,
I am thinking I'll try and spin up two more art yarn colors - once
again a "bright" one and a "blues" one. This blue one will be slightly
brighter shades of blue with more pure white and off-white yarns spun
in. The bright one will be pinks, oranges, a bit of peach and purple.
That one will be called "Summer Scorcher". Not sure about the blue one
yet. Probably something simple like "Winter Ice Blues" or "Winter
Blues". Then, it will be back to the bamboo. I have 3 remaining colors
that I'd like to get spun up before I get my next big box of bamboo
fiber which should arrive on Wednesday!
But, now, it's off to work!
well, my favorite THIS week at least - is Stormy Night! I forget how wonderful this blend is until I spin it again, and this last batch was extra wonderful! I have 3 skeins of it listed on etsy now - and another pound of it to spin (though 3 of those skeins are already spoken for, I believe)
Today, I finally got back to some art yarn spinning and spun two of my favorite colorways - Mahogany Peacock aka Mahogany Midnight Moon and Black Cherry aka Tainted Love. Tainted Love will be listed tomorrow for sure, and Mahogany Midnight Moon might be (it may be spoken for already, but if not, it will be listed.)
Tomorrow, I am going to spin a Navajo 3ply from a merino/silk blend in the Black Cherry/Tainted Love color and also a 2ply or 3ply from a pretty shade of merino/silk called Broken Heart. These two, along with the Tainted Love art yarn, are probably going to be the extent of any "Valentine" yarns I do this year. I just don't have a lot of pink/red fiber in my stash at the moment!?!?
Ah well, that's all for now - hopefully I'll have some good art yarn pictures tomorrow!
