Trying a new method. I think I like it. It should make some nice yarns which fade from one color to another, without completely losing the first.

Having a little trouble photographing true. Both rovings are… a little darker, a bit more muted, and more heathered than they look here. Especially the Gold Road isn’t as… glowy as it is here. It’s rich, but not fluorescent.

Both are 4oz of 80% Merino / 20% Alpaca
A really nice blend, in my opinion. Very soft, and spins easily without the grab of merino or the hairiness of alpaca.

Gold Road

Sunset to Darkness

The seaming on the memorial afghan proceeds apace!

Memorial Afghan Squares recieved from:
USA Kentucky C-Ville
Canada Manitoba Woodlands
USA Utah Logan
USA Texas Katy
USA Arizona Glendale
New Zealand Unknown Wanaka
USA New York New York City
USA Wisconsin Madison
USA Oregon Gearhart
UK Unknown Unknown
USA Florida Crestview
Norway None Bergen
USA New York White Plains
USA New York Endicott
USA Minnesota Columbia Heights
USA Washington Lacey
USA Maryland Columbia
USA California Redlands
USA New York Binghamton
USA Illinois Chicago
USA North Carolina Hendersonville
USA Pennsylvania Conshohocken
USA Washington Tacoma
USA Oklahoma Broken Arrow
USA Alabama Huntsville
USA Maryland Huntingtown
USA Georgia Acworth
USA Idaho Moscow
USA California La Habra
Canada Ontario Oshawa
USA Oregon Portland
USA Massachusetts Somerville
USA Massachusetts Worcester
USA Wisconsin Madison
USA New York Babylon
USA California San Francisco
USA Washington Renton
Canada Ontario Stouffville
USA Nevada Boulder City
UK None Bedford
USA Ohio Northfield
USA California Oak Park
USA Minnesota Chanhassen
Denmark Unknown Kobenhavn
USA Ohio Cleveland
Denmark None Aarhus
USA New Hampshire Belmont
Canada Ontario Oshawa
USA Waretown New Jersey
USA Dallas Texas
USA Washington Kent

Today’s “gnome” is a fairy from my own sketchbook. My sketching is incredibly rusty, so whenever I’m sitting down but can’t be knitting/crocheting, I’ve been using these little guys to slowly build my skills back up. Some are better than others.

~The Gnome