kitty: fiber goodness

Sorry to be so quiet... I have real knitting to actually post, but I will leave you with some fiber shots until then. Miss you all

Ramie

Cotton

Indigo

From photos I took at the The Botanical Garden in Washington, DC

kitty: indie fibers - barefoot shepherdess

Naturally Dyed Polwarth Top, sakura 5 & 3
Naturally Dyed Silk Roving, safflower 2
	Blog: Cosmopolitan Purls Etsy: Barefoot Shepherdess Fiber: Polwarth Top Silk Colour: Sakura (Collected leaves from the park last fall) and Pink Safflower Natural Dyes: Sakura, Safflower, Madder, Onion Skins, Cochineal Would I buy again: Yes, and I have Truly beautiful fiber and it spins like a dream.
Check out what MG got me for my Bday! I opened up this magical box from Japan, and inside was three bundles of lovely fiber. She had been reading Cosmopolitan Purls blog for awhile and decided to order the fiber from her etsy site. The fiber is beautifully prepared, has lots of natural crimp, spinning was extremely easy. And to top it all off, who could resist fiber that had been dyed from sakura leaves. I definitely have a weakness for natural dyes and the beauty they possess. With all the indie dyers out there it has really become hard to know who produces beautiful work. This is definitely one to check out in the future. Her work is really well done and the colours are absolutely amazing.

MG: colors

bfl sliver in Hercules

seismic shifts are creeping through the geography my color preferences. i crave pale yellows, bright oranges, reds, and greenish blues; complex but saturated colors; energetic combinations. these were things i mostly avoided before. the Fleece Artist fibers i brought home from A Wool Gathering in september surprise me in the visceral effect they have on me. i want to devour them, like bites out of a sticky-sweet ripe summer melon.

merino sliver in Cosmic

i'm thinking about spinning one of these for hubby's zeebee. singles? 3 separate plies? chain-ply? what do you think? my photographic skills are inadequate for the capture of these colors. they are luminous and varied and strong, yet my eyes don't find them garish.

Cosmic closeup