Projects, Spinning Colored Fleece

I'm excited to share with you a project I've been working on. Spinning this collection of colored fleece. I'm experimenting with different dying techniques, blending and spinning. I used our mohair that was too choppy to be sold, just to experiment with, but now that the yarn is turning out, I kind of wish I would have used good quality fleece, because I really like the colors. I dyed the raw fleece some time ago, and it's been sitting around in a basket waiting for me to make up my mind. Finally, I just decided to go for it.

Some of the fleece is dyed with Jacquard dyes, and some of it is with Kool Aid, (see dying posts). My goal was to create a mix of autumn themed colors and the finished project is just that, like an autumn sunset. There's a blend of raspberry, chocolate brown, sunshine, brick red, and burnt orange.

I started by layering the carders with each color. No real order, (I'm trying to work on trying to be more elastic with my work. Trying to let go, and not try to perfect and control everything in the whole universe. We will see?)

And combed it smooth, well, smoother. This wool is the reject wool that I didn't sell so it had bits of second cuts etc.

Rolled it into rollags.

And spun.

I'm going to ply it tonight and see how it looks. I'll keep you updated.