Ha ha, not the color I was going for.  I was going for kind of a gray.  But I forgot to do the “0.2% DOS” calculation, and did it as 100% DOS.  (Depth of Shade.)  So hey, here’s another chocolate brown.

The breed is Horned Dorset.  Dang impressive looking things!

Photo not taken by me; stolen shamelessly off the internets.

Tunis fiber.  Seen here on dye day.

Whoa, you say, (in my imagination where “you” are paying meticulous attention), last time there were two, now we’ve jumped to five?  I found the two on the left in a drawer; I guess they are two that didn’t sell last year.  So now my fleet is five.  Finished Mr. Multicolor on the right today.  I know people like the multi-colors, and they sell, but I prefer the solids, not only because they are quicker to make.  I just like the feeling of being able to churn out one color in quantity.

I made a hat.

As you can see, the Fiber Mill is temporarily on hiatus.

All the colors being organized.

Carding to create one of my one-of-a-kind color blends.

That middle color looks really blue in this picture.  It’s actually pine green.  Or is it?

Then there were 8:

Here’s #8, a Navaja-Churro Lambswool single-ply.  Sheds all over.  I bought it as roving, and spun it directly.  When I put it in hot water to set, lo and behold, I discovered it was FILTHY!  So, one wash in Tide detergent later…

Butterscotch joins Damn! That’s Orange to make a total of TWO yarns in my Winter 2020 Yarn Fleet.

The prep goes so much faster when working with fairly choice mohair and not dregs left over after consignment – that’s another great benefit of me holding onto all my fair leftovers.  So many nice locks to grab, as opposed to picking up piece after piece trying mostly in vain to find something not matted or full of scurf.

I learned the word “scurf” from one of my many Pretty But Useless fiber periodicals this week.  Now I have a name for the waxy globs that some goats get at the base of their hair when they’ve been struggling with lice.  It’s a bane.