More Fleece

This is by way of a 'catch up' blog. I have been busy with household and gardening chores and have neglected my blog, but I am here now and wanting to show of the lovely alpaca fleece Mr Spinning J bought me - he doesn't really ever get a mention but he is very supportive of my hobbies and comes along quite willingly when I find something spinning related to go to and the last time we went on such a trip he bought me this lovely alpaca fleece. It is an outstanding colour which I would describe as being a rich dark auburn and although it is not the easiest to spin the resulting yarn is lovely and soft.

I have also bought a Jacob fleece which was relatively clean without too much vm but I am having problems carding it as there are a lot of really short second cuts which is rather disappointing as otherwise it is a lovely fleece. Hopefully I have found the poorest cut to start with and things will improve as I card more.