Xocolatl

Posted on | July 21, 2009 | 17 Comments

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These are the Abby batts I’ve been spinning for Tour de Fleece.  More correctly, they were the Abby Batts I was spinning for Tour de Fleece.

Now they are yarn.

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968 yards of yarn, to be precise, from four Abbybatts.

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I’m very happy with it and a bit sad that they’re gone.  I’m thinking of spinning 2 oz. of red camel/silk to go with it, as the trim perhaps, on a large lace shawl.  Pattern suggestions?  Aeolian?  I’ve loved that pattern since I first saw it.

We had a “cold snap” for July last weekend (humidity less than 50% and highs in the upper 80s) and my mind has turned towards sweaters again.  I know the sweater I want to knit, but the yarn has other ideas.  I’ve knit two flat swatches AND a hat-swatch from the yarn, and have lost all three.  Maybe I should knit a little lace and wait for the yarn to come round to my way of thinking.

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The zinnias are blooming -reminding me to enjoy the best that each season offers.

Category: spinning

Comments

17 Responses to “Xocolatl”

  1. barefoot rooster
    July 21st, 2009 @ 9:19 am

    um, wow. this yarn is breathtaking!

  2. Manise
    July 21st, 2009 @ 9:25 am

    Oh nice job on the Abby batts! That is beautiful and the yardage- holy crap! I bow down to you. Aeolian would lovely with your yarn.

  3. Jessi
    July 21st, 2009 @ 9:34 am

    Gorgeous. My spinning never looks that good. ::le sigh::

  4. Anne
    July 21st, 2009 @ 10:36 am

    What a beautiful job you’ve done on the spinning! I love the yarn. And isn’t it always different from what you think you’ll get? I never would have pegged that yarn from those batts!

  5. Carrie
    July 21st, 2009 @ 10:43 am

    Beautiful! I wonder if you just hold the yarn and meditate, if the answer and the location of the swatches would come to you?

  6. margene
    July 21st, 2009 @ 10:46 am

    Beautiful, beautifully spun! Aeolian is also on my list for hanspun. It would be lovely in that exquisite yarn.

  7. Cookie
    July 21st, 2009 @ 11:19 am

    Beautiful yarn! Wonderful spinning and gorgeous zinnias!

  8. Tonni
    July 21st, 2009 @ 12:39 pm

    Ooooooooh Ahhhhh… beautiful!! That’s a lot of yardage!!!

  9. Sandy
    July 21st, 2009 @ 12:50 pm

    Luscious is all I can think of! Wow!

  10. Meg
    July 21st, 2009 @ 2:49 pm

    The yarn turned out beautifully! Now I’m really sorry I didn’t save some of those batts for moi. Oh well, it’s not like I have nothing to spin…

  11. cyndy
    July 21st, 2009 @ 4:58 pm

    Lovely yarn from lovely batts…such consistent spinning–your yarn is perfection!

    And so are your zinnias! The pack of zinnia seed that I planted this year is blooming now…nothing but white and pale pinks! gah! (after all the snow of winter, I’m ready for a splash of bright red!)

  12. Laurie
    July 22nd, 2009 @ 5:11 am

    You did major justice to the Abby batts. Quite beautiful!

  13. Judy
    July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:01 am

    Beautiful yarn. The batt is so luscious. I love watching the way the colors peek out from the main fiber. Yes! to Aeolian.

  14. Becky
    July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:22 am

    Wow, that yarn is just lovely! And it would be perfect for Aeolian. Do you have enough?

  15. Mandy
    July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:22 am

    Wow, that handspun is gorg.eous.

  16. Diane
    July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:58 pm

    Love! All of it!

  17. Tina M.
    July 22nd, 2009 @ 7:49 pm

    Can I just mention here and now that the things I want to do with that yarn are probably unspeakable? Oh hell, I’ve never been shy. That yarn is so beautiful I just want to roll around naked in it.

    Yeah, I know. Your mind’s eye is blind now. :P