Progress.
It's such a beautiful thing.
Especially with a little one at my feet.
I've some how managed to finished my white Navajo Churro fleece in the space of 2 weeks.
I will have 7 skeins of single, woolen spun, aran weight, and 2 double plied, bulky, extra large skeins available dyed in various plants- some of which will be with New Mexican foraged plants I dried and brought home. Like Cota, or Navajo Tea which will yield light to medium earthy orange. I cannot wait!!
I promptly started in on the grey Navajo Churro fleece I bought from Tierra Wools in Los Ojos, New Mexico.
I L O V E spinning this fleece sooooooooooooooo much.
It's a larger size, the guard hairs are slightly softer and slightly less then the white fleece.
And there is tons of long ultra soft wool, still with a bit of lanolin.
I was hoping I could finish up this fleece by the end of this month, that's 7 days left. However, as of right now I have 11, 4 oz batts to spin. If I spin one a day and add a few extras on a few days, I can do it. We'll see. When I spin my single aran weight yarns though, I can fill a bobbin in about 40 minutes.
In addition to all this spinning and staying home with my 7 month old love, I've been working on the issue of Northern Journeys Magazine for my Your Maine Fiber Connection column. Which will be out on April 1st. If you do not live in Maine, you can follow my link above to read the online edition.
Northern Journeys Magazine is a free quarterly all arts publication.
For this next issue I've interviewed the Cumberland County 4H Wool Breeders Group AND Nancy and Al of New Aim Farm and Mill in Waldoboro.
In this section there will also be a seasonal plant dye recipe and a calendar of fiber events coming up.
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| The flock at New Aim Farm and Mill, California Variegated Mutant Sheep |
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