I likely won’t be posting too much about the Tour for the next little while, because while the spinning is fun, day after day of pictures of bobbins in various states of fullness probably won’t make compelling blog entries. On a hopefully more interesting note, I did take a break from spinning on Sunday to dye up about a half pound of South African Fine wool, which is similar to Merino in softness, but allegedly a little more sturdy. I can definitely attest to the softness!

As you may know, our kitty Miranda has a chronic mouth infection and has to be hand-fed (on good days, just encouraged to eat) twice daily. We do this in my craft room, where I leaf through quilting and knitting books and poke around in my fabric and fiber stash to pass the time. For some reason, a particular dark blue flowered calico fabric has been catching my eye for the past week or so, and I decided to dye up a half pound of wool in the same colors.

The inspiration fabric:

The wool:

And together:

I am really happy with how well I was able to match up the colors and now I’ll be searching for another fabric colorway to duplicate. This is quite a big bump of fiber, so I’m thinking maybe a hat and scarf or hat and cowl and mittens set.