Remember Peanut?!

This is Sandy (of the fleecy goodness hook-up), touching the nose of the infamous Peanut.


You're becoming beautiful yarn Peanut!

Bleated Birthday?

A little birthday sheep (doesn't everyone need a birthday sheep?) inspired by a typo.



About baseball sized, knit from mystery gray (natural undyed) stash wool and some dark brown wool nylon blend sock yarn. Bobbles for the ears, legs, and tail.

Peanut Update

How much I've spun so far, with some clean unfluffed Peanut in the background.  I've been fluffing the fibers with a dog comb to make them more spinnable.  It's not the same as carding, but it works.  

And again, the money shot (quite literally!)  You can see the slight halo that will make my Peanut yarn super warm.  

Spinning Peanut

So this is my first attempt at spinning peanut's fleece. You can see how well she cleaned up. This yarn is less consistent than I have been, but the wool was not prepared as well (read, I prepared it myself with a dog comb, instead of getting it from a mill). I feel like it'll get smoother with practice. Also, peanut's wool is crimpy-er than the merino and corriedale top that I've been working with, so this yarn will have a bit of a halo. Halo equals more warmth, so that's not too bad.

Peanut

Sandy's dad sent me several pounds of raw fleece.  It came to me at work, so you can see the world from my desk (the lobby of the firm).  

Opening the box...

Reading the note.  

And my first glimpse of Peanut, tan, a little poopy,  and full of hay.  

Sorry for the poor photo quality, all photos taken with my iPhone.