Silk and Wool -- Spin, Spin, Spin

I finally took pictures of Robin's yarn she has been spinning lately. This first image is her 100% silk yarn she spun from roving purchased from the Silkworker.



Isn't her yarn lovely? Her roving had much larger sections of color in it than mine did (see picture in previous post), thus the reason she has more solid colored areas. She is learning to spin thin yarn and did a wonderful job with this yarn. Her tendency is to spin thick yarn while my tendency is to spin thin yarn, and both of us are trying to expand our capabilities.
Robin also spun up a beautiful batt from Indigo Moon Farm. Unfortunately, MaryLynn FitzSimons hasn't put up her batts on-line yet, but she does respond to email requests about her 50% alpaca, 25% silk, and 25% wool batts. She layers anywhere from 5 to 7 colors of fiber in these batts and as you can see from Robin's spun up yarn below, her colorways are lovely. I have yet to spin my own batts, but soon!
This weekend Robin and I are off to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. We can't wait! Indigo Moon Farm will be there, so Robin and I intend to drool over the colorful batts MaryLynn has in stock. We plan on visiting some of our favorite vendors. On Saturday morning, we are taking a spinning lesson, so next week we will hopefully have some more pictures from our lesson. Should be a great weekend. Nice and relaxing too!
Happy fibering!

April Update

Okay, so Robin and I are just plain old slow over here. I had quite a bit of overtime at work during the last few weeks, so I haven't had a chance to get on here and update the website. Robin was working on getting pieces ready for the first North Carolina Craft Guild Show, which occurred on April 10th and was a success. There were so many beautiful pieces of work at the show. This will be an annual event in Raleigh, NC, and I look forward to next year's show. NO, I did not sell any items, but Robin did. I helped keep our vendors refreshed and full of caffeine. :-)
I was able to take a picture of my beautiful silk yarn I spun from a roving called "Firstborn" from the Silkworker. I can't wait to buy some for myself. This skein (see below) will be made into something for my mom. I have about 350 yards of it. I'm not sure what the wraps per inch are on this yarn yet. There are hints of pink, yellow, green, and a bit of orange in the yarn which should make an interesting and lovely piece for my mom.

Both Robin and I found out we got into a spinning class at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival this coming May. We are looking forward to learning more about "Boucles, Bangles, and Beads" with Judith MacKenzie McCuin who we hear is a wonderful teacher. We can't wait.