Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!

I'm spending today recovering from a two day Thanksgiving cooking marathon. Don't get me wrong -- I love to cook, and cooking for fourteen people for my favorite holiday was a blast. Still, cooking for fourteen people for two days straight is exhausting. But dinner was delicious, the company was delightful, and now we have days and days of leftovers to enjoy.

Since I disappeared for two days, I have lots of yarn and fiber to share! First up is the Spumone superwash top, now spun into a bulky-ish 2-ply.

I knew this top just needed to be spun to show its ice-creamy, fluffy texture. This yarn is so soft and lofty. AND, since it's superwash, it's perfect for baby things!

I also dyed some Columbia-Dorset blend top. This top is reasonably soft, but not as next-to-the-skin soft feeling as, say, BFL, or even the superwash. I'm going to spin her up tonight and see how she feels.

This is Lily -- a soft, pretty blend of yellows and turquoise and oranges. She's named for sister's daughter, my niece, Lily Ryan McBroom who, despite being a quarter Japanese on her mom's side, has white blonde hair and the biggest blues you've ever seen.

See?

I also photographed two 8-ounce lots of fiber that I dyed at Yarn School back in April.

This is Ice Cream. Handpainted Corriedale top. See why I named this blog Wool Candy? I've been obsessed with turning my favorite sweets and snacks into yarn and fiber for ages. Mmm... Ice cream... We used Jacquard Acid Dyes at yarn school, and I now use Sabraset Acid Dyes... I think it's going to take some doing to try and recreate this. There won't ever be another quite like her. Soft and fluffy, I think she'll make a lovely hat or scarf.

Spumone!

I was a little... nervous about this one when it came out of the dyepot. It looked a big scraggly and muddy, but I rinsed it and gave it a little soak in some kookabura to soften it up, and now I'm SO happy with it.

Chocolate, Pistachio, and Strawberry, with spots of dried fruit and nuts. Nom. Sometimes interpreting snack foods and desserts doesn't work all that well in yarn and fiber, but this one looks good enough to eat!

I did eight ounces of Brown Sheep superwash fiber as well:

She's pretty, but I think she's waiting to be spun up into a lofty worsted 2-ply to show her true potential. Lacey is waiting patiently by the couch for me to finish this post so we can do some spinning.