Fiber Photo 365, day 22

These are two sport weight yarns I spun that I realized would go together well when I was packaging them up to put on Etsy. The lighter is merino wool, 433 yards, and the darker is 564 yards of wool of unknown breed. They both have browns and golds and plums and pinks; the lighter has some lavender running through it, and the darker has some silver in its place. I think together they'd make a really lovely shawl, or perhaps a vest. I may keep them for myself instead of trying to sell them...
 

Another Etsy Treasury!

I have a piece in another Etsy Treasury. I'm always very flattered by being chosen for these.

The Etsy seller who composed this Treasury was CaitlinSainio. Thanks Caitlin!!
 

Fiber Photo 365, day 20

This is so frustrating - the color of this yarn, which is handspun (superwash BFL, 333 yds, 2-ply worsted weight yarn), is a deep midnight blue color. Here it washes out to a gray. It's my camera, or my photography, that is doing this. When I take pics for Etsy, I color-correct them, and the blues reappear. But that's kind of FAKE, and I don't like it. Anyway, it's nice yarn.
 

Fiber Photo 365, day 19

More mystery - this is the project from a few days ago, but it's now finished. Ravelry users can see it here.
 

Fiber Photo 365, day 17

Missed another day due to being sick with this stupid flu. Can't wait until I can stop taking guaifenesin (generic Mucinex), because it smells and I can smell it in my nose and in my pee. Ugh. Not to mention, I'm tired of hacking up and blowing out yellow stuff. Okay, that's probably way too much information and/or an undesirable mental image I just gave you. Sorry! Perhaps this will compensate:



It's not spaghetti in tomato sauce ... It's Seduce, a gorgeous 40g of a viscose/linen/silk/nylon blend from Berroco that I am going to use to make ... well, that part is a secret. But I plan to enjoy working with this very much. The color is intense and the yarn has a nubbly sheen. It's like a beautiful necklace. In fact I am wearing it around my neck at the moment.
 

Wedding planning update

My parents came into town* for the weekend, and my mom, my SIL, and I went to meet a florist and to see the venue for our wedding. (We had planned to meet with a second florist but our times got too tight and we ended up canceling the second meeting. I might reschedule it for next week.) I know my mom feels a lot more in touch with the wedding planning now that she has been able to see the venue and talk with the wedding coordinator there about everything, including the contract. We had lunch and talked about flowers and centerpieces and budgets and all kinds of things. It was very girly and very fun.

*My brother's town, to be precise, but close enough to work with! :)
 

Fiber Photo 365, day 15

This is some nice BFL SW that I am enjoying spinning much much more than the last roving I spun. I color-corrected for my camera using Photoshop and this pretty much matches the color in life, as much as that can be done.

I'm sick, still, and it's been something of a burden doing the Fiber Photo 365 project for the past few days. I went to the doctor today and she said I probably don't have strep, but I asked her to swab just in case. No antibiotics, at this point, just continue what I've been doing, i.e., neti pot and guaifenesin and blowing my nose incessantly. I can't wait for this to pass.