High intake of Fibres

is good for your health.

I got the fibres from Spinspiration’s club last week. It’s gorgeous colours, and yet again a fibre I’ve never tried before. The colourway is harmony and it is 100g mohair. I haven’t got a clue what to make of it. 100g could be suitable for a shawl. But should it be plied with something else? Many (all?) commercial mohair yarns aren’t pure mohair. I read somewhere (Ravelry forum I think) that you could ply it with a silk thread. Sounds nice.

The skein also shown in the picture is BC garn linen. For a shawl to make someday….

I bought a cardigan last week as well. That in itself is not very blog-worthy, but as soon as I touched the fabric in the store I fell in love. It was super soft, and I immediately checked the label. It was a cotton-cashmere blend. Amazing that only 10% cashmere can make such a difference. Brilliant because I can afford to wear cashmere. Only 10% but still. So I think I will try this. Next time I get some extra money I’ll order some cashmere and cotton from world of wools.

800g of Fibre

Two packages were waiting for me when I came home from work yesterday.

The white envelope contained July’s fibre from Spinspiration. This month’s feeling was envious. It’s 100g of grey Jacob wool. This time I’m not entirely certain what to make, so I will wait and see what others create.

In the second parcel were, believe it or not, my order from World of wool. I placed the order on Friday just before noon and it arrived Monday. Great service or what! The price is very reasonable as well only £27.50 for 700g of fibre including shipping.

Contents (from top left to bottom right):

-100g of 50/50 brown alpaca/bleached tussah silk

-100g of silk hankies

-2 times 100g of 70/30 white Blue Faced Leicester/bleached tussah

-3 times 100g of merino Colors: turquoise, spearmint and chocolate

I’ve of course opened the zip locks to pet the fibres and they are utterly gorgeous. So soft and shiny.  All but the silk hankies are procured in order to make the Fiddlehead mittens by Adrian Bizilla. The silk hankies simply had to be mine and it is something I’ve been wanting to try for awhile now. Think I will buy some silk dye at Panduro.