experimental sample batts

I made these batts out of all the samples that I could find in my wool closet (I actually have a wool room, about that another time). Dyed to my liking, as I love gray, taupe and such colours :) Experimental sample batt no.1 contains throwers' silk waste, merino, tussah silk, camel down and bit of cashmere.

Nove 'balicky vlny' ktore som vyrobila zo vsetkych vzoriek chlpov ktore som nasla v mojej vlnkovej skrini (ja mam vlastne vlnkovu izbu... ale o tom inokedy). Tento balicek obsahuje hodvabny odpad, marino, hodvab, tavu a kasmir.

I spun a little sample on my drop spindle, I love the uneveness of the yarn, caused by silk waste, which is lumpy bumpy super tangled fibre. It makes a lovely rustic yarn, I think. I can't wait to spin this baby into lace weight singles

Spriadla som vzorku na mojej 'spindle' co je taky primitivny nastroj na pradenie vlny, netusim ako sa to po slovensky vola a ci to vobec ma nazov. Strasne sa mi paci aka je ta vlnka hrbolata, to je sposobene hodvabnym odpadom, co su vlastne strasne zamotane vlakna, ktore sa vytvaraju ako odpad pri spracovani hodvabu.

Experimental sample batt no.2 contains filature silk waste (different kind, even worse than throwers' silk waste), some merino, angora, wee bit of silk and a good bit of alpaca. I have almost 150g. Again, this will make highly textured yarn.

Tento balicek sa sklada z ineho druhu hodvabneho odpadu (este podradnejsi odpad), trochu merina, trochu angory, este menej hodvabu a dost vela alpaky (to je ako lama). Mam skoro 150g. Z tohto bude opat vysoko texturovana (hrbolata) vlnka.

This is my new spindle, super light and tiny, around 20g I think. I love it for spinning saples of various fibres. There's cashmere fibre in the picture. mmm, just like spinning clouds. It has 14-15(!) micron count. I'm hoping to have cashmere top and batts available in the shop very soon. I loved this sample I got from my supplier and will be getting more.

Toto je ta moja nova 'spindle'. Akurat som na nej priadla kasmir, mmm. To je ako priast oblaciky. Tento kasmir ma okolo 14-15 mikronov, co je uplne uaaau, super hebke. Silno dufam, ze budem mat kasmir v ponuke v obchode uz coskoro.

Here are the smples I've spun on the spindle so far, from left merino/angora, pure angora (absolutely awfull, I won't name the seller), then cashmere, and mohair/merino.

A tu je par vzoriek, co som spriadla na spindle, zlava merino/angora, cista angora (strasne chlpy pouzlene), potom kasmir a moher/merino.