This post will be quick, with the ultimate purpose of showing off my newest Handspun...

Back in September the guild had a dyeing party, I dyed a skein of previously hand-spun wool in blues and greens, and some Blue Face Leicester roving, putting half of it hung into a pot of blue/teal dye and then after that I laying it into an electric chafing dish used as a double boiler with a little water in the top and sprinkled over it with some hot pink dye powder.

The last few weeks I've slowly turned it into this...

As of this morning, I finally turned it into this...

I'm fairly pleased with the results. I really like the results of the color. I might have been happier had I spun it a little more even, but it's still passable. Hopefully setting the twist will help relax some of the areas that laid compressed on the bobbin too long, evening out the weight of the yarn and balancing the ply.

I haven't set the twist yet because our pipes were frozen this morning. The pipes are now un-frozen (three cheers for indoor plumbing!!) thanks to slightly warmer temps, working heat tape, and a father and a BIL that trekked out to the pump-house to MAKE it work. But the window of opportunity has passed and I'll have to wait to set the twist until later this evening.