No wool

Raining, raining, raining.

Today I got a message that the wool I have been looking forward to has felted on the sheep.

Lightbox wannabe

I said I'd make a lightbox about two years ago. Since then I've been thinking "I'll make a lightbox". Today I made the skeleton:

And I took a first photo, but I haven't taped the tissue yet, so light is coming in from the left upper corner and making shadows and burning out colors:

And I have to adjust the lights, I think they are too close. But you can see the lighter gray fibers in that hand combed top!

I'm satisfied with myself :) I have almost made a light box :)

Alpaca

I spun this alpaca-camel-silk yarn last year. For a long time I didn't know what to make from it, then I thought a very simple pattern would suit the yarn best. The result pleases me very much. It's a strong, soft, floating fabric, lays steady on my shoulders. Anna, a spinner from Sweden, sent me the alpaca for no reason at all. She had washed the raw fibers keeping the fibers in order, so I combed them and spun worsted. I bought a baby camel/silk top from Wingham Wool Work for the second thread. The pattern is Melon Stitch from Sowerby's Victorian Lace Today.

Glutenfree pizza!

I'm slowly learning how to bake glutenfree bread, pizza and pies. My best pizza so far:

Mmmmm...

Autumn colors