Here they are!! My latest lot of finished custom orders, both beautiful, squishy and yum handspun yarns ;o) The first order contains 3 skeins of handspun white Bluefaced Leicester and Merino wool for a very sweet lady in the UK, who plans to knit a baby blanket for a new arrival within her family. She said that the baby will be part Australian and part Northumbrian. So what better to choose than Australian Merino and my favourite BFL wool, which comes from sheep originally bred in Hexham, Northumbria? I have spun this lot into a very nice and well balanced sport weight yarn:

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The second order was for 5 chubby skeins of "to dive into" squishy rainbow slub yarn, which I have spun for a really nice lady in Australia, who plans to knit these babies into a cosy blanket :o) :

 And I have also finished a new OOAK yarn design for my Etsy store! A gorgeous and colourful handpainted and handspun Bluefaced Leicester yarn in vibrant oranges, purple and peachy yellow, which I have called "Maasai Bride II". Here it is:

 For more yarn details please go to my Etsy store at www.alltheprettyfibers.etsy.com .

Within the time that I was busy with the custom orders I also placed a bunch of newly painted wool rovings in my ebayUK store and also on Etsy, I just didn't display them here because I always ended up working late into the night and never got around to adding anything to my blog. So it's well worth visiting my online stores for loads and loads of new colourful fiber beauties!! ;o)

Here is one lot of undyed pure Cashmere & Silk roving I have just now listed in my ebay store. What can I say, this blend is heavenly soft and smooth and makes my heart beat faster just looking at it!!

 It is indeed as beautiful as it looks on the photo.

Well, I will now go back to my next project, which will be......a new load of greasy Bluefaced Leicester fleeces, that I picked up from my neighbours farm some time ago..... like I can never get enough of sorting, stripping, dipping, washing, dragging and drying those babes...sigh...but still, the finished result of a white grease-free fluffy fleece is such a reward, over and over again...it's just hard work getting there. So let me get started, and once the fleeces are washed & sorted I will certainly display a photo of them here on my blog as well. Now here is the dirty version of what is yet to come:

 This photo actually shows 3 whole fleeces altogether. BFL fleeces are rather small, very curly and beautiful, but indeed small in quantity. The average weight you can expect to get from one fully grown sheep is 1.5-2kg, 2.5kg if you are lucky! The ones I received from my neighbour are all lambswool fleeces of the flock he reared last year and which he intends to use for breeding purposes. I see his beautiful animals out in the field every single day, and it is an absolute joy to watch them. I believe that the Bluefaced Leicester is one of the most beautiful sheep breed in Britain!

Well, gotta go now and get greasy ;o)