Mystery Yarn Spun Before Your Eyes

 Materials Used for the Mystery Yarn

• Corriedale from Custom Woolen Mills, AB 

   - dyed with a repeating colourway and spun on a drop spindle
• Alpaca from Maple Lane Alpacas, BC 

   - dyed in a crock pot and carded into a Wild Batt
• Teeswater Locks from Talon Wool Farms, Oregon 

   - dyed and spun from the lock
• Kid Mohair Locks from Wellington Fibres, ON 

   - dyed in a crock pot, carded into a Wild Batt and spun from the lock
• BFL Lamb Locks from Ranfurly Farm, BC 

   - dyed in a crockpot, carded into a Wild Batt and spun from the lock
• Recycled Sari Silk from Darn Good Yarn 

   - in its natural colour as well as dyed and carded into the Wild Batt
• Icicle Top from Maple Rose, BC 

   - dyed in a crock pot and carded into a Wild Batt
• Silk Hankies from Maple Rose, BC 

   - dyed in a crockpot and carded into a Wild Batt

Mystery Yarn Wild Batt Carding. 

My very first video. I used hand dyed Alpaca Locks, Teeswater Locks, BFL Lamb Locks, Kid Mohair, Recycled Sari Silk, and a touch of Bling (icicle top). 

As noted in the video description, I apologize for the upload size.

 I did not realize my camera settings were not quite right until it was too late:)!

 Welcome...

 to my new blog. I have many ideas for this blog; they all involve lots and lots of fibre, yarn, and dye. I fell in love with fibre a few years ago. I have always been mildly interested in the fibre world, but after a visit to Newfoundland's only Alpaca farm, a drop spindle lesson at the Fortress of Louisbourg and a rug hooking lesson in Cheti Camp along the Cabot Trail, well I was hooked. No pun intended of course. So here I am, in my small basement apartment, surrounded by two spinning wheels, a room full of fibre, a dye pot on my stove, and a loom on the way. My husband is ever supportive as my fibre obsession creeps into all the corners of our house. I don't want to forget to mention my fibre addict in training, Sky, my daughter. It was her birth that has in many ways propelled me out of my shell and into the world. So there it is, my first post.