Mule Fleece

Well, now I've figured this out. What I was at first spinning was not Scottish Mule fleece, it was white mohair. I think about 4 ozs. of white mohair got accidentally put into the Scottish Mule fleece pile. I wondered why it felt so much like mohair. When I finally did get to the mule fleece, it felt entirely different - much more like a soft corriedale than mohair. Not sure what I'll do with that bobbin of mohair. I'll probably ply it with something softer and just put it in the stash for now - labelling appropriately.


Here is a picture of the bath mats that I pulled off the loom a week ago. Notice the huge error in the back towel. We put this pattern into WeaveIt and didn't notice that the 2nd section of blues was not the appropriate length. I was going to give these as a set to someone but guess I'll just get some matching towels for the one that doesn't have a huge error. Sigh . . . The cotton bolls are finally starting to pop open. Only a couple of opened so far. They say that the bolls can stay on the plants until the first frost. That shouldn't be until January or so for us on the west coast.



These are some gloves that I've made for the grandchildren for christmas. I'm remaking the red pair because I didn't like the acrylic feel of them. I'm making them in some really yummy alpaca/polwarth that I had professionally processed. I've dyed the yarn a Jacquard scarlet color that is really beautiful. I think she will really love wearing them - so soft. It's a deeper red than the ones picture. Almost kind of heathery looking because they dyed a bit unevenly. It makes them that much prettier though.


These are some gloves that I've made for the grandchildren for christmas. I'm remaking the red pair because I didn't like the acrylic feel of them. I'm making them in some really yummy alpaca/polwarth that I had professionally processed. I've dyed the yarn a Jacquard scarlet color that is really beautiful. I think she will really love wearing them - so soft. It's a deeper red than the ones picture. Almost kind of heathery looking because they dyed a bit unevenly. It makes them that much prettier though.