Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

Yesterday's mail brought my Plymouth Homestead wool yarn for my Elizabeth Zimmermann tights, which I'll bring to chemo on Tuesday along with the capelet to work on.






Mail also brought B&L's wholesale info and yarn color cards - now THAT was quick. I had just emailed them on Wednesday.

As soon as I can, I'll get in a few colors of their Softspun and some of the Country Roving, and get them into my storefront. And maybe the Atlantic, for those wanting to knit the Sylvie coat from Twist Collective? not to mention this capelet design, being knit in the same red.









The Country Roving has the same yardage and put up as the (defunct) White Buffalo Unspun. Originally meant for Cowichan-style sweaters, but it should be good for felted and Lopi-like items. B&L has a new felted bag pattern, so it must work.

I can also see felted rugs. It's reasonably inexpensive, which is good, as rugs use a lot of yarn. One could also separate the 5 strands into 3 strands and 2 strands and use the 3 strands for a Lopi-style garment.

In the meantime, I have a couple hanks of the Softspun for swatching, SO, if anyone wants to feel this new Briggs & Little yarn, just email me and I'll pop a knittable sample in the snail mail to you. Be sure to hand wash your swatch to see the finished fabric.

when you let me loose in the kitchen - lots of baked goods magically appear -





a big bowl of large sugar cookies and a plateful of tea scones. They typically use butter, which hubby can't tolerate and I'm not handling it so well either, so I used canola oil, instead. Plenty for him to bring to work and share.






It's winter, by date and by precipitation. And precipitiation. And precipitation!

Labels: Briggs and Little Softspun, Country Roving, Homestead wool yarn, Sylvie coat, White Buffalo Unspun