
The redleaf sampling left me with some bits and pieces of leftovers of the yarn I used in it, which has reminded me of the current handspun oddball (left). That’s redleaf-plied-with-burgundy over most of its surface, and the bit of purple yarn from above with the free end. And in between the strands of red, you can catch glimpses of some of the other layers hidden below. I’ve no idea now what’s in it, and am looking forward to winding it into a skein to find out…
…And the fact that this oddball is almost ready to be wound into a skein to join the others reminded me of my bags of leftover bits of fibre (right). The big pile of pink in the top left is an early attempt at hand-carding leftovers. It’s a bit of a mess, though, so I’ll probably put it through the drum carder to tidy it up a bit, and then maybe there’s enough of it to do something with, perhaps especially if I also tone the colour down by carding it with the grey Shetland that’s at mid-right in the picture. The rest, including the pinkish-grey alpaca at top right, I’m probably going to spindle-spin into bits and pieces to add to the oddball and hasten its journey skein-wards.