Trenchwork

Guess what came in last night’s mail?

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Bottom: multiple colors of merino-silk blend
Row 2, L–>R: bleached flax/silk, hemp, silk noil/viscose, Egyptian cotton, black diamond bamboo tops
Row 2.5: dyed Wensleydale locks, hand-dyed silk throwster’s waste
Row 3: tencel tops, soybean tops, bamboo tops, bleached flax tops
plus a notepad and a totally bendable ruler

What a great package! There was method to Mary’s madness, and it matched up perfectly with my own. She couldn’t have done better. See, I’ve sort of dedicated this first year of spinning experience to a first year of learning. With only a couple of exceptions, I’ve bought and traded for a variety of fibers which would allow me to sample as wide a range as possible, with just enough fiber of each to create one project so that I could see how the fiber handles throughout the entire process. But there are a LOT of fibers I’ve wanted to simply *try*, and Mary is giving me the chance to do that with almost no overlap of fiber in my own stash and experience. This is, frankly, absolutely perfect.