A Relationship with Fiber

I have been admiring some raw fiber that I dyed a few months back. I love that the locks are still in place and that the color has deposited itself with a concentration of the color at the tip of the lock.




The fleece is Romney one of my favorites. Romney offers a variety of natural colors and crimp. My first fleece that I ever washed, carded by hand and spun was a Romney. When you work with a fleece from start to finish, you develop a relationship. It reminds me of my dog Joey who is a boxer. I brought Joey home at a tender 9 weeks old and so began our relationship that is now 5 ½ years old. In a sense when I work from raw fleece I am raising that fiber to grow up into a nice yarn and in the process I get to know it well.


This particular fiber has retained some of the lanolin and feels wonderful to touch. It is springy and has a lot of crimp. When carding I separated the colors out so that I had groups of light and dark greens, a very light blue and a mauve.




As I began spinning, a pleasurable memory returned of spinning some polworth that I made into my favorite pair of socks. The socks are now about 4 years old and show signs of wear. I have been holding back from wearing as often as I would like to keep them as long as possible. Now though, I might have a replacement so that I will not be left without this favored pair of socks.




I have a few more ounces of fiber to spin and then the knitting begins.














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