Abby’s batt club

Posted on | July 12, 2007 | 12 Comments

In case anyone’s wondering, the fiber crack in yesterday’s post is the July installment of Abby’s batt club, which I leaped onto as fast as my little fingers could type out an email! 

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This is her luxury sock batt, a blend of superwash wool, silk and sparkly nylon.  I can’t get a picture to do justice to the colors, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.

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This is the first batt of singles spun up.  After seeing how pretty it is as a two-ply, all I can think of is LACE.  I know it was blended for socks, but I have someone on my xmas list who LOVES purple, and I can’t help but think this would make a lovely little lacey scarf. 

I don’t know what name Abby assigned to this colorway, but if it were up to me, I’d call it Mermaid Hair.

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Aw, c’mon.  You know you’d do it too!

Category: spinning

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12 Responses to “Abby’s batt club”

  1. Carrie
    July 12th, 2007 @ 10:43 am

    Heh! I’ve never spun from a batt. Do you unroll it like that and tear off strips to spin? I’m itching to spin one of mine…

  2. Emily
    July 12th, 2007 @ 12:22 pm

    *droooooooooool*

  3. Becky
    July 12th, 2007 @ 2:49 pm

    You look like a mermaid! :-)

  4. Jen
    July 12th, 2007 @ 3:16 pm

    Oooh, that’s so pretty, and I’m not even a big fan of purple! I think it would make a great scarf – the sheen and the subtle variations in colors…

  5. Leah
    July 12th, 2007 @ 5:39 pm

    OK, that looks so much like hair it isn’t funny! :)

  6. Monika
    July 12th, 2007 @ 8:37 pm

    Best name ever, for this colorway! How do you prepare/spin batts? I’ve got 3 batts, but haven’t touched them yet. Thank god I couldn’t find where to sign um for Abby’s batt club, because I would have, and I have enough roving for a while, but still seeing yours, makes me want to have some too!

  7. Jennifer
    July 13th, 2007 @ 7:21 am

    I keep thinking of My Little Pony, lol! But yes, it’s hot;)

  8. Crazy For Yarn In Alabama: Darlene
    July 13th, 2007 @ 10:40 am

    Ohh Ohh SOOOO pretty!!!!!!!! I can’t WAIT till I am spinning!!!

    The colors are just beautiful!!!!

  9. Rachel
    July 13th, 2007 @ 2:41 pm

    Gah! I hate that shipping to my address takes so long. I always see club fibers on everyone else’s blogs before it actually shows up in my mail! I guess at least I know what I have to look forward to. It’s lovely! And it makes perfect mermaid hair :)

  10. Ginny
    July 16th, 2007 @ 10:38 am

    I don’t know if it’s your superior skin care regime or just that certain mischievous glint in your eye, but I honest to God thought that was a picture of Drew with the mermaid hair. And here I always thought he looked like his father…

  11. Ginny
    July 16th, 2007 @ 10:39 am

    I don’t know if it’s your superior skin care regimen or just that certain mischievous glint in your eye, but I honest to God thought that was a picture of Drew with the mermaid hair. And here I always thought he looked like his father…

  12. Ginny
    July 16th, 2007 @ 10:43 am

    Oops! Sorry for the double post. I was trying to add an “n” to regime and somehow posted both the correct and incorrect spellings. Although the idea of a skin care regime is rather thought provoking. I could certainly back a candidate who campaigned on the platform of free sunblock and retinol! Beats our current options. Maybe I should call Michael Moore…