on the spinning night, mac brought me some superwash merino roving that was, truly, lurid - mostly white but splotted with bright yellow and hot pink. i couldn't blame her for wanting to get rid of it. but frankly, when i spun it, it came up kinda nice!
however, my plan is to overdye it with some red. the white bits should get red, the pink redder, the yellow, orange - yes? i guess we'll see. we have a february-birthday-baby-dyeing-day coming up and i'll try it then.
superwash merino - nice and easy to spin for sure and feels lovely to touch. i always equate needing a washable yarn with smaller projects (gloves, socks, hats) and so it's extra useful to be able to spin a washable yarn.
as far as my plans to upgrade my wheel go, i'm still thinking about it but at some point, a drum carder pulled ahead in my heart again. neither of these purchases are going to come very soon (frankly, i guess we need to buy a crib and junk first) but a floor loom is also on my mind. and a piano. we ARE planning on gettting a flatscreen tv and infant robot dinosaur this season, though. thus ends the dorko levin family consumer report.