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01/09/2006

good times

My package came from Kendig Cottage! Eee!

8 oz of merino, 8 oz of corriedale. I was anxious about the color I chose for the merino, worried that I couldn't trust the pictures online, but the color is exactly what I expected:


I couldn't hold back - I went straight for the merino. I don't think I like how it spun up - I've been trying not to let the singles get too thin. I just don't like laceweight yarn, and what I'd really like to make eventually is fun thick-thin stuff, like at pluckyfluff. I'm not sure how I feel about the purple stuff when it's almost a worsted weight:

So I switched to the corriedale for the rest of the skein. I don't know why, but the spindle was spinning out of control way faster than I expected, so I had to end the skein kind of quickly...At least the little hank is endearing. It's kind of like my first self-striping yarn!

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