Marilyn was in my Slip Stitch Color Knitting class at Taos a couple of years ago. She knitted her class samples with the most beautiful variegated yarn. She dyed it herself! She was in my button class at Estes Park, too. She travels around with an RV and her doggies, selling her home-grown hand-dyed yarns at fiber festivals.
We bought these beauties from Marilyn, whose business is called Black Hills Woolies. We don’t know yet what we’re going to make with them, but you will be among the first to know. I told Eva we could buy two skeins, so naturally, she said, “Three! Please, Mom. Please? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease?” Her pleas worked this time, and we bought three.
Marilyn’s yarn colors are so vibrant! Look for her when you go shopping at your local wool festival.
I have been looking forward to seeing the Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Company, so I could buy enough yarn to refinish my pansy capelet. Yes, I meant to write “refinish.” I wanted to finish in time for last year’s Taos Wool Festival, so I hurriedly crocheted this little cape.
Then I put it on. It looks terrible on me! Really awful! The solution is to crochet a bunch more pansies, and make a longer, poncho-style cape. In spite of the amazing yardage on this yarn, I needed more.
The problem now is that I have already blocked the cape, and the yarn stretches like crazy! I think I’m going to have to stretch the new yarn before I start crocheting. This could be interesting, so stay tuned.
Don’t feel badly for the capelet. It saw the Rocky Mountains before it was unraveled. With any luck, it will see them again in its next life.