Chris dyed this roving and when I first saw it, I was not thrilled. Orange and green? What was he thinking? I teased him about it so much that I started to feel bad. I decided to give it a chance and spin it for him. Who knows, maybe this ugly duckling would turn into a swan!
Well, now I've got mud on my face because this handspun is gorgeous! Just goes to show you really can't judge roving until it's spun. It's incredible how much it changes from beginning to end. Spinning is magic.
Sorry Chris, I was wrong, you were right. This colour combo really does work.
Wow, he has a good eye! You guys are both so good with colour you must have lots of fun together experimenting!
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I love how the handspun turned out. I'm a sucker for orange and green:-)
ReplyDeleteOhMyBob - I love that handspun!!!!! There's also a lot of blue and mustard to offset the green and orange - it's just great. Chris can dye and you can handspin for me *anytime*.
ReplyDeleteit is gorgeous. i never understood white sections in roving, but i've seen a bunch spun up now and it looks amazing. can't judge it until the end for sure!
ReplyDeleteoooh! i liked the original roving a lot! it reminds me of a parrot... or a toucan in the jungle... the handspun turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteIt did turn into a swan! beautiful, the colours are plied together wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I'm taking my first spinning class at the purple purl next weekend :)
ReplyDeleteThe roving is beautiful, but the end yarn is even more gorgeous!! Your spinning just amazes me!
ReplyDeleteI am totally wiggling my eyebrows at that yarn in a suggestive manner. Hello, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI liked the original roving quite a bit but the handspun is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThey are both beautiful! I love how it turned out.
ReplyDeleteWow! That spun out just fantastic, love that there's a bit of blue in there as well!! You guys make a great team:)
ReplyDeleteVery, very pretty!
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that when you admit that he's right once, he's going to think he's right ALL the time... ;)
ReplyDeleteFunny enough, that's what happened with my first spun top...it was full of white spaces and sharp colors, but I had seen some other yarn spun up from similar colorways from the dyer...faith won out. It blended beautifully out of patches of dark golds, purples, and specks of blue. The eye you develop for spinning apparently can only be sharpened by experience. Almost none of my spun yarn end up looking like I anticipated, not at first.
ReplyDeleteAlso it is totally gorgeous. :)
Piękne kolory, takie wiosenne!
ReplyDeleteI'm often surprised at the different look from yarn skein to knit object in the same way. It's amazing how one thing becomes another--it really IS magic!
ReplyDeleteAnother vote for orange and green. Chris can pat himself on the back. I'd buy it! Your spinning is really improving; it looks like it's got a nice bounce.
ReplyDeleteWow, it has certainly spun beautifully, a really gorgeous colourway :-)
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