Spinning Zen

Sometimes when you're creating art, everything comes together. 

• The right fiber
  
• The right tools
• The right colors
• The right mentality

 Completely a zen state. With beautiful results.

Falkland from Knittyandcolor..

I can't put this down! Must spin more!

"Ommmmmmm"

Spring in the Tundra

yay. I am so excited. I love the images of spring.. Especially flooding rivers. You can sense my irony here obviously. We are high and dry, but the river does run through my town, and some aren't so lucky. I can only hope it stops rising soon.

This is a road to a neighboring town Or was.

The river is more than twice it's normal size.

So, we'll focus on more spring colors in roving. A couple of these came while I was distracted with Kenny, so I hadn't focused on them, but they are so pretty!!!

Neptune is testing some Merino Primrose for it's sturdiness. This is my March fiber from Fondle This!

Who me? I'd never shred roving. Nope. Wrong cat.

Sorry, but he's cute. He sees the camera and the fiber and does this. Can I get an awwwww

Knittyandcolor batt. My welcome spring gift to myself!

Because I HAD TO HAVE THIS! Falkland fiber in Fresh Cut from knittyandcolor.

March Painted Tiger fiber club - Romney in a beautiful blues, greens and browns.

These are my 3 go-to fiber people, and I think you can see why. If knittyandcolor ever did a fiber club I'd be the first to sign up. Just love them all so much!

Nature Inspired Art

Magic!

Spinning is magic! Magic I tell ya! You take beautiful rovings, twist them around, and get art, pure, absolute art.

Each one unique, different, and impossible to completely repeat. Not to mention you can spin while you're watching TV in the evenings and it's relaxing! Is there any better art at all? I think not!

Knittyandcolor The Great Pumpkin Batt 100 yards N-ply

Take for example the above batt. Artfully carded adn blended, it turns into this one of a kind yarn. Just waiting to be, oh I don't know - a fingerless mitt, or something like that!

Or this handpainted roving, which blends into handpainted beautiful yarn. I love it! Love it! I tell you!

Knittyandcolor Tidepool Falkland 150 yards N-ply

Really, it's too gorgeous to even knit or crochet with, don't you think? I should hang it on the wall in a shadow box! Or drape it from the ceiling! Maybe simply put it in a bowl and admire it..

PS - I apologize for the overuse of exclamation points in this post..

What New Stash? I Don't See any New Stash..

Nope, none at all..

Who knew that knittyandcolor could fit so much into one bag... Don't know how it got here anyway!

Must be a reward for finishing my first pair of mittens!

Insert Yarn Here

Cause Blogger isn't letting me upload pictures tonight.

So close your eyes and imagine the stash enhancement contained in the package from knittyandcolor that somehow came to my mailbox today.

A rainbow of colors, anything from gold to blues, to peach to the hottest pink. Batts, roving, beautiful colors all waiting to be turned into yarn.

My Favorite Color

Sparkly Green Batt from Knittyandcolor on Etsy

Is Green - Deep emeraldy beautiful green. Green

Bright sparkly pink and orange batt from knittyandcolor

Or, maybe it's PINK! Bright fuschia gorgeous pink!

New braids of roving from thepaintedtiger.com Don't they just make you happy?!

 Or maybe every color of the rainbow! Red, yellow, purple, blue, silver, green.. How can you have a favorite? They're all gorgeous, and they all have their own purpose and place in the world!

My first shawl!

And speaking of color - the beautiful Noro Taiyo scarf, finished with it's crocheted border and blocked. Sorry, I couldn't afford a model, the couch volunteered.

Closeup of the border

Neptune and Merc are wonderful blocking weights.

This is extremely sensitive and hard work!