Today I have got my blending hackle out and finally taken to task the small bag of Jacob fibre that I combed back in the first week of July last year. It was from a fleece I got back in
2014. This is the fleece it has come from, fleece 2 from Home Farm in Elford, Tamworth. Its a lovely fleece but mostly white. I am using the black fibres from this one.
I started out with 127g of black fleece last year but after it was combed this was reduced to just 77g of beautiful combed top. I did forget to take any photos of the combed top but I have borrowed one from another Jacob fleece I prepared and spun a while ago to give an idea of what it looked like before I blended it with all the other bits and pieces, although the dark fibres from this fleece are less brown and more grey-black.
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Top Row: Jacob, Yellow Silk, A sparkly white and gold blend
Bottom Row: Yellow Corriedale, Firestar (Tri-lobal Nylon), Bronze Angelina |
All the other bits and pieces have come from either one of the HilltopCloud Ingredients
boxes that I've bought or from a big bag of
lap waste that I got from World of Wool.
I will be spinning this over the weekend and I can't wait to see the finished yarn as it is ever so slightly sparkly all over.
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