I love being a farmer, albeit a pretend one; I truly do. Some mornings, however, I just want to lie in bed surfing the internet and drinking coffee and this is one of them. It is 6:30am. Although I have been awake for approximately an hour, I am still in bed, only arising for ablutions, med swallowing, and doggy doorman role play. I’ll get up for real soon; I promise. They yell at me and conspire against me if I don’t.
As planned, I over-dyed the Kermit yarn which, by the way, looked much lighter and brighter in real life than it did in the photo. Its colors ranged from chartreuse to Kelly, no Northwest landscape as suggested by dear Michelle. Nancy and Melanie liked it as well. Believe me girls, if you had seen it in person, it would have made you throw up in your mouths a little bit.
So I repeated all the preparation processes mentioned ad nauseam in yesterday’s blog. This time, however, I only added a center section of straight blue and a mixture of one part black and one part water around the edges. Obviously, it’s still green, but now looks like it was portrayed in yesterday's photo (I still can't get the color to match what it looks like in person), ranging from Kelly to Deep Forest. I like it and will use it though, despite appearances, four ounces of roving will only spin up enough for socks or perhaps a tam; it’s a good color for a tam. In honor of Michelle who praised its perceived beauty, I am naming it “Amity,” which is the lovely place she lives at the base of Mt Hood and which also means friendship, something she has given me in droves. Thank you, Michelle.
Carrie, I will get to your bright and sunny roving; I promise. Someday.
On Monday, I, in addition to standing over a stewing pot of wool in 100° heat, sweat dripping down my face, and feeling very Dickenesque, had a visit from the Wolf-man, laden with grocery bags of the brushed undercoats of his TEN rescued wolves. I don’t know about you guys but I’d have a hard time sleeping at night with ten wolves in my house. (He can’t let them stay outdoors at night. Their howling instinct takes over and all the children, and some adults, either have nightmares or start marching toward his home with sharpened pitchforks and flaming torches.)
The fiber is lovely, reminds me of Angora rabbit, but it is very short and I am not sure if it will work or not, but as I am obviously unafraid of failure due to experiencing it on a daily basis, I will give it a go.
After he arrived back home to his den, he and the pack sent some photos.
Now, I truly have to get out of bed and be a good farmer. I heard them drilling a while ago and one of them calling himself Major Major.
Wow, I should really get off my a$$ and do something with all that dog fiber I've been saving up. I only have two bags full and I'm afraid that it will never look like Pixie's colors after I get done washing and carding it. Maybe I should just keep a sample of each color, and dye some wool someday instead?
Posted by: Beth in WI | May 30, 2007 at 09:50 AM
I can not even begin to imagine living with that many wolves in a house! But from your photos the fiber is beautiful. Maybe that's the trade-off. Perhaps WolfMan should take up spinning? :)
I'm glad to hear you're feeling a bit better! I, too, have had one of those "hell-weeks" and am really glad my DH & I didn't go traveling, but stayed home instead.
Keep cool and stay away from those hot dyepots in the Valley of the Sun heat!
Posted by: Kathy | May 30, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Thanks for posting the pictures! I want wolf fluff and a pack of my own!
Posted by: Tava | May 30, 2007 at 11:25 AM
The roving is STILL pretty, only on my screen the blue really comes through. And if anyone can whip that wolf into yarn, you can. :-) I appreciate your Amity, too!!!
Posted by: Michelle | May 30, 2007 at 12:57 PM
I love the color of the redyed Roving. Don't you think Wolfman is the nicest guy! I guess having ten wolves in the house wouldn't bother me, as we have had six giants at one time. This was on one of the giant lists today. I love it. Guess it is my skewed sense of humor. "If you plan on breaking in, please remove your glasses and dentures as the dogs find them hard to digest. Have ID out and ready so we can contact your next of kin."
Posted by: Julie | May 30, 2007 at 05:07 PM
Love the color, love the wolves, love the bags and bags of fluff! FUN! And now that it's summer, you can dye that roving whatever color you'd like, because we all have lots of bright and sunny. :-D
Posted by: Carrie | May 31, 2007 at 02:27 PM
Since it's short, how about carding that wolf fur with something else. Wouldn't that work?
Posted by: Robin | June 03, 2007 at 11:13 AM