fibery fun

it has been a LONG time since i've had such a fiber fantasy adventure as i had while visiting the kids last weekend.  Kate has a Duncan electric w-i-d-e drum carder that i've been envying since i sold mine several years ago (and have been kicking myself about that ever since!!)  anyway, i spent several happy hours creating colorful and sparkly spinning batts.
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is some of the bounty of fiber that i was working from.

one of the many batts (lost count how many) i came home with!

and Kate very graciously offered me the use of her dye kitchen and a yummy fiber with sparkles in it!  so, i dyed 2 small bundles... just because.  we were talking about what i had been spinning at home, and she asked me if i'd about worked thru my fiber stash... to which i mumbled something about needing another life time or 3 to finish off what's in my stash, both dyed and undyed, though i can say that the undyed part is getting smaller all the time.  but i won't define "smaller"....

so, it was not only a lovely birthday weekend with family!  i also had a colorful fibergasmic adventure!