3-ply on a Sad Day

This is the yarn I spun today. It’s from Holly, one of our dear Gulf Coast girls.

We’re very sad this evening. Wingie, our heroic mother hen, died today. She leaves 4 chicks who will be 5 weeks old this week. Oh, what a heartbreaker.

A Dash of Apricot & a Map

The apricot-coreopsis fluff from yesterday’s post (below) is being transformed into yarn. But, there are so many last minute things to do before tomorrow’s big reveal, that I just can’t fit one more centimeter of yarn into my day.

Tomorrow Holly & Sally get loaded into the truck (that ought to be a worthy sight) and driven back to Morningside, where they were born. There, they are destined to meet a shearer called Joel, who came all the way from Alabama to shear a few Gulf Coast Natives.

Before the haircuts, I will be dressed up like your maiden great-grand-aunt who lived in the sticks in 1880. I’ll be setting with Susan the soapmaker, showing off these plant dyed yarns of mine. I can’t bring the Fricke, but I have many a handspindle to accompany me. I promise to sneak a certified non-authentic camera in, to take a couple pictures.

After the haircuts, Tom & I will drop the naked girls off back home, feed the chickens, and depart for Barberville, where we are scheduled to play the last dance at 10:00. Then…who knows. We will probably drive home so as to be here to feed the critters first thing. Then, it’s back to Barberville for more pickin’ and fiddlin’ – a midday gig and an early afternoon dance.

Hence the book of maps.

Jasper & Blackie

No, not fiber animals. They aren’t and I know it. But they are something to behold. Look at these guys!

Pretty Boy Blackie

Blackie from the Top with the White Girls

Jasper White & Harem

Yes, He IS the Size of a Small Turkey

See if you can pick Jasper out of the crowd. Cock-a-doodle-doooooooo!