Northern California Angora Guild

Friday, October 14, 2011

Eric's New Yarn Creation





Eric loves to spin; he chats with little girl Nikki who is spinning during a show.


These are some of Eric's prize-winning mohair yarns.


These four skeins are Eric's most recent creation. Here are his description:
"Far left is adult "silver" mohair, 2 ply, overdyed with cobalt blue (tightly wrapped), then overdyed again with cardinal red (loose).


The next is also adult cream/off white mohair/shetland wool blend, single ply, overdyed in the same cobalt dye pot (tightly wrapped) then overdyed again in the same cardinal red dye pot (Iess tightly wrapped).


The next is 2 ply silvery brown-taupe kid mohair, sport weight, overdyed with brilliant yellow (I really like the color, its almost a greenish/yellow hue).


If I remember correctly, the far right is cream/taupe yearling mohair, 2 ply, overdyed with Egyptian red.


The mohair is all from HGF goats, the shetland wool was from Sara Amelse. Everything was hand dyed as yarn.


I spin one hour each night before I go to bed, no phone, no computer, no interruptions; to clear my head and it really helps! I've been playing with some different techniques with blending/plying the mohair and angora."


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