I’m halfway through spinning up my alpaca fibre. I’ve got one ounce spun and plied and set and skeined. It looks so lovely and feels even better. It seemed a bit rough when I was doing the plying; I was worried that I’d put too much twist into it and made it kind of wiry but a little bath and a bit of a stretch plumped the fibres back up again. I could just sit here and squeeze it ... but then I couldn’t type. I can’t wait to get started on the second ounce and have two of these lovely little skeins sitting in my basket.

 

My mystery yarn arrived on Wednesday night but I haven’t had time to wind it into balls yet. It’s hand dyed yarn from Fleece Artist. Suri Blue in fingerling weight. The colours range from whites to pale browns and some light greys. It feels incredibly soft and squashy. I’ve got 3.00mm Addi Turbo Lace needles to knit it up with (you can just see them ticking out in the left side of the picture). I’m contemplating skipping the whole swatching business for this project as I don’t want to wait for new needles to arrive even if these ones are too big.