My version of March Madness has nothing to do with basketball even though as I write this I am watching the tournament. I do fill out brackets over on ESPN every year but I never do very well. MY March Madness has to do with fleece. I bet you can't guess what's in that big box that showed up yesterday.
Yep. It's a dirty, stinky, smelly fleece. Actually it's not. It's not washed but it's lovely. As clean as you can hope for in the raw state.
Meet Cari. Isn't she lovely? I found her on Etsy and she sold me 2 pounds of her pretty fleece to play with since my fleece shed is empty. I haven't been to a fiber festival in ages. In 2019 I missed the MDSW because of Son's wedding and we all know what happened after that.
Cari is a Corriedale. I already have a big bin of Corriedale I washed and dyed. This Corriedale to be exact.
Corriedale is fun to play with. It washes well, it takes dye beautifully and cards and spins like a dream.
It's not the softest of wool but it makes warm socks and.........
....and crazy sweaters. It's madness to have bought more but once the weather warms up I just know the spring fleece washing bug will bite me and I want to be ready.
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Cari is lovely and very sweet of her to share some of her fleece to make such beautiful things.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Cari was a very good business sheep. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI loved knitting with corriedale sock yarn. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be a very popular yarn up here. It's HARD to find any. BFL - sometimes. Corrie --- not so much.
Well, you definitely have to be ready when the spring fleece washing bug bites!
ReplyDeleteThat sweater is gorgeous, but I can only wear Corridale on my feet and hands.
Fun!! Enjoy your fleece!
ReplyDeleteHow could you resist Cari, she is a beauty. Have fun and stay safe.
ReplyDeleteOh, what a lovely fleece!!!! Yes, Spring is fleece washing and drying time--nice to look forward to it! Corriedale is the first fiber I spun and made a sweater out of!
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