I chose to blend it with some of my raw Corriedale/Merinolocks that I had dyed brown and I will admit that I LOVE the batts that came out of this process and can't wait to spin them up but I did not enjoy the process nor will I enjoy cleaning up the carder after this process...ugh!
Ok...so since I've complained enough...here is your reward. A picture of my LOVELY alpaca batts. They are fantastic but I will not repeat the process. Hopefully these 5 oz will get me some nice fingerless gloves because I plan to swap the rest of this beautiful fleece the next chance I get. I still have about 6 oz...so if you want to buy it off me or swap me some wooly goodness let me know!
I just checked...I have about 7 oz left of the 100% Suri Raw fleece from an alpaca named Sarletoni. :) It's a beautiful mahogany brown fleece.Ok...well..it's already 11 and past my bedtime! I'm off to bed. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully after work I will get a chance to clean the carder and more of my raw Corriedale/Merino fleece so I can get started on that project.
Well, my dear, the batts are absolutely lovely - I hope you get to make what you wish from them. I'm sorry it was not a happy experience, though.
ReplyDeleteThe batts are beautiful! Too bad they were such a pain to make.
ReplyDeleteWhen I do something that turns out to be an awful experience, I tell my dearly beloved to slap me silly if I ever even think of doing that again. I think it's funny that you know who your yarn came from - essentially, it has a name!
ReplyDeleteThe batts came out nice :-) Too bad the process sucks, maybe you can just pay someone else to process the rest so you can just spin the pretty bats once they are all clean.
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