Confession of a Fiber addict...

So to other fiber addicts, this is just confirmation that you are not alone !!

I only learned to spin just over 3 years ago...I took a class, made some
amazingly horrible yarn, just like most everybody else, got better,
decided I really liked it and went crazy buying processed fiber.
 Then while looking around online, I saw an ad for free wool...
which I know now wasn't all that great...
but it sparked my love of raw fiber and of processing it all myself.
So I made a decision one day to sell all of my bought ready to spin fiber
and only work from raw...completely from scratch...
I've become quite the purist when it comes to fiber.

And it has now come to this...

Today I walked into my fiber room and stopped in my tracks and just stared...at this...

(And there's at least two layers here)

And it's not like I haven't seen it before...it's been growing there for a loooong time...

but you know how after a while you just don't notice things that are there?
 You just get used to it...  Well, I finally noticed again...

and in the living room, there is this...

Romney on the left and Bond on the right.
The Bond I just bought...what is wrong with me?
Oh, I know...too much time on Ravelry drooling over pictures of fleeces....

Like I needed more...but being a fleece addict...you know...it's tough...lol


Close up of the Bond...gorgeous chocolate color and amazing lock formation...drool...

And if that wasn't enough,
the lady at the post office gave me a huge box of what turned out to
be more fleece...can't imagine how it came to be sent to me....
I must be sleep surfing on the internet looking for fleece... ;-) LOL


This is what was inside the box..12 pounds total of more Romney :)

They are both nice, but the one on the left is exceptional!!!
Pictures do not do it justice...

 It's the most gorgeous blue-gray color...just amazing...
and the crimp and softness...must touch to believe !!!

Oh, and I almost forgot, there is this CVM Romeldale fleece
hiding in one of the back rooms...

Isn't it just so pretty though...?

How can I resist?

There's also a Corriedale somewhere around here,
various Merinos and Rambouillets...
and let's not forget Angora bunny, Mohair, Alpaca...
Oh, where does it end ??!!!

But I have promised myself no more new fleeces...at least until
I wash all of the ones I already have...goodness knows how long that will take!!
I better be done by October...cause there will be tables of fleeces
at the Fall Fiber Festival at Montpelier just begging to go home with me !! :)
(I'll need willpower to stick to that promise)

I have been doing some washing...actually I wash almost every day.

Here is a Romney/Rambouillet fleece acquired from MDSW this year...

 Whole fleece...all 9 pounds of it...it took up my entire living room floor!

Close up of locks...sunbleached tips actually make for a nice heathery yarn.

All washed and ready for carding/combing.

 Some Romney drying...

So, I have confessed to the world...well, at least anyone who reads this,
that I do have an addiction...not exactly bad for my health,
maybe my bank account...but it's fun, I love it...it makes me happy! Yay!!

The boyfriend doesn't mind either...what more can I ask for??...hahaha...

Happy washing, carding, combing, spinning, knitting...etc.....

-Kim