I hope that you have all had a very nice and peaceful Christmas!!! I myself didn't do much at all - of course I ended up spinning a liiiiiittle bit of wool and dyeing a liiiiiittle bit of fibre because some particular colours popped into my mind and did not let me rest until I would actually bring them to live in roving and yarn...what can I say...I am down right addicted to wool and dye ! AND I LOVE IT!!! 

I suppose that this will be my last blog for 2007, and I would like to show my new handpainted and handspun yummy yummy Baby Alpaca yarn, which I have now displayed in my Etsy store at www.alltheprettyfibers.etsy.com . The yarn is a festival of warm purples and pinks and so very gorgeous! Have a look:

Alpaca yarn drapes like a dream, and this particular yarn would e.g. make a gorgeous shawl or lace wrap!! As with my last Baby Alpaca yarn design, which sold last month, I also must say here that if this yarn doesn't get sold I will so keep it for myself and knit a lacy wrap to go with one of my long dresses in lilac and purple ;o)

I have also finished 2 more custom orders! And yes, I DID remember to take photos of them :o) They will go out to their new homes tomorrow, here they are:

this one is a very soft 6-ply fingering weight Merino yarn, which the customer had requested to be painted in dark brown, grey and a cream white space. I am very happy with these colours, they have come out nice and strong!

And below is a set of 5 hanks of very soft single ply lambswool yarn, and each hank was painted in a different purple shade. One of these shades is a fantastic pansy with lots of blueish purple in it, and another one is a very mild mauve tending towards victorian rose with a hint of purple in it. Here it is:

Yep, me very very pleased with the result...I am really in love with the colour purple!!!! And because I was in this great purple-dye mood I also finished one Bluefaced Leicester wool roving in loads of purples, and one Merino roving in my favourite autumn colours. The purple one is also displayed in my Etsy store and the autumn shade roving has found its way into my Ebay store, so feel free to Visit My eBay Store for more fibre details:

Right, those are all the beauties I wanted to show you in this blog, and I will now get back to my spinning wheel to finish one more custom order which is due to be sent out in the first week of January - so there's still plenty of time left for me to take it easy on this one :oD

Everyone have a very relaxed Boxing Day evening!!!