Check this crazy stuff out!
This is Party Roving. It’s full of random fibery stuff. Like thread, and silk, and some yarn, and unspun mohair locks, and bright crazy carded fibers, and sparkly stuff, and even more! I bought it at the Pittsburgh Knitting Festival, back in Febuary. It’s from a place called Puckbrush Farm. They do some local shows, here and in Ohio. There website does not appear to be working, or I’d link to it.
They had two huge baskets of the stuff, one mostly browns, and the other brights with alot of yellow, I bought almost a pound of a mix of both.
I started spinning some up the other day, it’s been sitting in my fiber stash since I got it. I had that need to spin lately, which I hadn’t done in awhile. This stuff is good for me, I think. Usually I spin nice and uniform yarn yarn. This stuff is so crazy I just had to let go, and just spin for fun, letting the roving tell me how it needs to be. It’s a thick/thin, lumpy bumpy crazy yarn, with lots of sparkle!
Fun Stuff. I’ve been spinning some other stuff too, sometimes I need to break from knitting! I swatched for Bohus, and I’m going to go up a needle size and swatch, just to see what happens to the fabric. This is so going to be a long term project, I even had a bit of anxiety working up the swatch, I mean really, a whole sweater, on sock needles!! That’s intimidating. I’m excited to do it though, it’s going to be fabulous!
Also- I’ve been addicted to Flickr lately. I just really started using it. So much fun stuff to look at over there. I’m finding myself photographing the yarn like crazy so I can put it up over there.
oh, I have become a total flickr addict too – all those stash photos, yarn cakes, socks – eeeeh, I cold look for hours!
I’ve loved seeing your yarn pictures come up on Flickr! So gorgeous.
I am kinda a type A kind of spinner… it would be good for me to try something different though. That looks like so much fun!
Ooooh! Very cool!
That roving is really funky and I love the way you’re spinning it.
Love that Party Roving. Can’t wait to see it knit up! Your flicker pictures are great. (Only looked at a few, plan on going back when I have more time to drool)
Is that stuff really roving or just a pile of fluff? It’s crazy looking.
I’m very glad you’re filling Flickr with your gorgeous photos!
I love Flickr too. I’ve actually me some local friends through it! Off to see your pix…
That roving is gorgeous – maybe the yarn will be a crazy bag of some sort?
I’m completely obsessed with Flickr myself, it seems as if there’s always something to get sucked in to…
The yarn looks so much nicer than the roving pile would suggest! I can’t wait to see what you turn the yarn into.
This looks so fun! Definitely a party in a pile.
The party roving is looking a bit like recycled sari silk when it’s spun. It’s really fabulous. I would absolutely love some but unfortunately I never could spin….
Ronni
that is some crazy stuff! we will get shots of it knit up, right??? that will be neat to see!
That looks like fun. The name inspires me: a spinners party where everyone brings something to blend together.
cool yarn.
Hope all is well with you. Can you drop me a line with your email? I needs a Vesper fix.
Puckbrush Farm! They’re great. That’s where I got the yarn for my Slippery Nipper.
If you’re addicted to Flickr, you need to get some moo cards. They’re awesome!
I absolutely love this roving, these colors are so gorgeous – and your spinning is beautiful indeed! Great!
That looks amazing, although I have not ventured into the land of spinning, yet. I wanted to thank you for the yarns, they are beautiful!
I love that party roving! I can see why it’s named that!
That looks like fun yarn!
That spinning bug…it’s definitely going around lately. (Maybe it’s the weather? Moon phase? *Something…*…)
I love that pile of fluffiness and it’s spinning up fabulously. 🙂
(I’ve actually got some of your merino-tencel blend on my bobbin as we speak. :>)
Party is definitely the right name for it. So very fun and colorful. I can’t wait to see what you make out of it.