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Here's the alpaca, finally done and washed. It is pretty, but I think I'll send it off to my Mom. I have so much yarn around anyway, and it's really not my color.

A while ago we did have some warm weather, which made me think of linen, one of my very favorite fibers. On a recent rummaging expedition I found these balls of home-dyed linen roving. At least, I think it's linen. Could be hemp, but the colors are clear enough that I'm pretty sure it was bleached linen. I've been spinning a robust singles, pondering the potential of an energized singles spaced in a cloth of very very fine balanced linen. Would the singles create some texture?

For traveling, I'm thinking of taking some tussah silk and a Bosworth featherweight spindle. Luxury.