Farm Fresh Yarn!
Really, do I have to say any more? Okay … Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm is just fantastic! After seeing it sheared in April, my Spring Share just arrived. Two pounds of really lovely Cormo roving that is just ever so faintly redolant of sheep. (Which isn’t a bad thing because it IS “farm fresh.” It said so right on the box.)
The irony, of course, is that this arrived just in time for the Fall Shearing Day. Or rather, the Fall Shearing Day That Wasn’t, because they had to cancel it for weather. Isn’t that sad? The sheep and goats will get sheared next month, but all the people who were planning to go and had to cancel? It almost makes me glad that I couldn’t afford to go in the first place, but mostly, it just makes me sad because the Spring shearing was so much FUN and I want everybody else to experience it, too!
On the plus side, I don’t have to go to work tomorrow. The cousins who were supposed to come in February but couldn’t because of snow? They’re coming this weekend. So I’m taking tomorrow off from work to help mom get ready. This should be interesting–cousins I’ve never met before! These are Mom’s first cousins (her dad’s brother’s kids), which makes them first-cousins-once-removed for me, and first-cousins-twice-removed for my niece and nephew (and Chappy, though he, of course, is only related through adoption). It should be interesting, though, and Mom is really excited.
Now–the hard decision. Do I spin this beautiful stuff as is? Or do I ask Jessica to dye it for me? If I keep it natural, of course, I can start spinning it more or less right away. If I ask her to dye it for me, I’ll have to wait for her to get a break in her schedule (she’s vending at the NJ Sheep and Wool festival next weekend) and then I’d have to get the wool to her and then wait even MORE for her to finish. Not that I think she would leave me hanging indefinitely, mind you. Not at all! But well, I signed up for this share about 10 months ago, saw the shearing for it 5 months ago, and now finally have it in my hands … It’s kind of tempting to just hang on to it. And the creamy color really is lovely. I could get the NEXT share dyed….
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Oh it looks absolutely soft and lovely! I don’t know how one could truly resist jumping in with it. It would look gorgeous dyed - silly question though….couldn’t it be dyed after you’ve spun it? Or does the yarn just not look as good as it would if dyed first? I’m pretty clueless to dying/spinning.
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Hmm… you could always dye it after, right? So, how did you celebrate National Punctuation Day yesterday?
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Yummy! Been waiting to see pics of the spinners share. Now I’m drooling for my take of the yet-to-be Fall share.
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I would second the idea of spinning it first and then asking Jessica to dye it…best of both worlds!
It looks sooooooooooooo soft.
Yum! Cormo!! Thanks for the plug and I’d be happy to dye it for you, but I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to keep it natural. It’s beautiful the way it is!
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Thanks, Deb. It really means the world to me that you like it. I was a nervous wreck waiting for the reviews to come it.
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Since you have 2lbs you could leave one natural and get one dyed. I mean I’m pretty sure that even if you knit a sweater for yourself you won’t need more than a pound of yarn for it. I average 12-14oz of yarn for most sweaters knit from handspun and they tend to be tunic length. I’m fairly certain you would have enough there to make 2 sweaters.
it looks so beautiful as is, so pure! how do you find out more info on their farm and shares? I contacted them before but they have been so busy.
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It is gorgeous. 2lbs of cormo is alot of cormo. Can you see yourself slogging through two pounds of creamy white fiber? While lovely, it can get kinda boring.
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