Monday, June 2, 2014

Souvenir Yarn

Yes, there is such a thing, and here is some:



I bought it last week at Williamsburg. It is from a sheep named Meathead (because no one likes him and everyone says he is mean and a pain to work with), and it was hand-spun and hand-dyed---with indigo---on premises.  Meathead is a Leicester Long Wool sheep, which means that the fibers are long and spin up nicely into a strong yarn.

Now there is a rule about souvenir yarn (I just created it) and that is:

*It doesn't have to be bought with any project in mind.  It's a souvenir. It might never be made into anything.  It might just be admired.  

So proclaims Knittergran.

3 comments:

Keeffer said...

that's pretty. you should make something with it.

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Susan said...

How cool to know the origin and personality of the yarn source!