Fun with Fibers

For all of you who have been wondering

 what I have been doing with my

time lately, here is a little preview.

I am enjoying playing and working 

with some new yummy fibers and making 

wonderful things like this scarf.

The base of this scarf is knitted with merino

wool, spun thin with 2 ply. This wool is multi color

with brown, yellow and cream running through it.

It is soft and wonderful to the touch.

After I knitted the base of my scarf

 I start crocheting.

 I found a beautiful soft mellow yellow

 hand spun yarn made of wool and mohair.

It is perfectly spun, thick and thin, 

giving my scarf great texture.

This yarn has a very slight hint of sparkle.

The next fabulous fiber I used was a 

recycled silk yarn.

 Hand spun by a women's cooperative

 from silk weaving mills waste.

This is a Fair Trade item imported from India.

It is mostly tan with specks of yellow, green,

and grapefruit.

Grapefruit? 

The perfect name for this next yarn.

Made of merino wool it is fingering weight

and is a wonderful peachy pink color.

It was just right for a little added punch.

You will see small grapefruit knots and flowers 

throughout this beautiful scarf.

The more texture the better I say.

So a orange - yellow ribbon yarn made it's

way up, around and about this scarf, forming

clusters of flowers.

If your asking, "Is she finished yet? " I will

have to say, "Not quite!"

Just a few more flowers using some lace wool that

has tiny sequins running though it.

Now, this fabulous scarf  is finished!

If you would like to purchase this wonderful

handmade, "one of a kind", free form art scarf,

you can find it in my online store.

connecting-pieces.com

If you want to give this a try yourself here are two of my 

favorite yarn sources.

wildfibresavannah.wordpress.com

and

picassosmoonyarn.com

Have fun with all those yummy fibers!