In strict disregard of my promise that I would work on the website, I spent yesterday preparing fibre for spinning.

7am found me carding this silk and merino:

into this:

It's 58 percent silk and 42 percent merino with a total of 120gm. I've named it "Woodlands" because it makes me think of the colour of the trees at dusk. In fairytales :) I'm going to spin a 2 ply yarn. One ply has the colours blended quite well and the other will have them still quite distinct, but blending here and there.

I also predrafted 480gms of baby alpaca. I like to draft when I spin so my predrafting was just to add a little air and make it into balls of fibre so that it's easier to spin. This photo shows just a little of it.

I also stripped 100gm of hand painted merino into pencil roving (or thinner) so that I can spin it fingering-laceweight but still keep the colours clear.

I never thought I'd use the stash page on ravelry, but I figured that since I'm taking photos for the blog anyway I'd add the fibres and yarns to my stash page and I must say it's proving quite handy! Since I know at a glance what yarn and fibre I have I find that I have more ideas on how to use it instead of always going and buying yarn for new projects. I won't be adding all the stash as it's mostly oddballs from the op shop, but anything that gets snapped for the blog will go in :)

Here's a peek at my stash page for those who are patiently waiting for their ravelry beta invitation, or aren't interested in joining ravelry (click the image if you'd like a full size view):

Now, I fancy blending some more stash oddments into usable amounts. I think I'll tackle a pile of kid mohair, merino and silk in greens and blues. Hmmm, I wonder how some powder blue angora bunny would look with that...