I Love Yarn Day 2011!

October is a fiber rich month!  Not only is it chock full of Fall Festivals, it hosts both National Spinning and Weaving Week (Oct 3-7) and "I Love Yarn Day."  Having the day off work allowed me to actually spent my time elbow deep in fibery goodness.  Last week and today sported some pretty Fall weather, which meant spinning sessions on my front porch.

Having come back from 2 wonderful festivals, I have plenty of roving options to be working up.  I have my order in for good weather and an extended Fall season here in Missouri(at least on my days off).

 Left: an ounce of Angora/silk/mohair blend I bought at Toas, then plied with handspun ingeo                                                               Right: Alpaca/merino blend with added sari silk for color that I purchased from Ozark Carding Mill at Fiber Daze

I finally had success spinning something close to worsted (the alpaca/merino)!  An accomplishment given that I default to lace weight if I don't pay close attention.  I love how soft it turned out since I, for once, didn't strangle the single plies with overtwist.  Practice really does help - so does having good friends to mentor you...