The January club parcels have been arriving, and I’m quite pleased to have received mine. I love getting squooshy parcels in the post.
This month’s club colourway was ‘Snowstorm’ and it was dyed on some really lovely Suffolk top.
We were all really excited about this month’s club as we were told that it would be on a fibre that she’d never seen done as a top. Usually, if you can find Suffolk as a top, it is grey. Suffolk sheep are white. Deb Robson even makes a statement about this in The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook and that the grey ‘Suffolk’ top does not have the same characteristics as fibre from (white) Suffolk sheep.
This top is soft, fluffy and bouncy. Like other down breeds, the fibre is also durable and thus it’ll make great socks, mittens and other everyday items. I’m very torn between spinning for socks and spinning for a bag. I have 200g of fibre, so either is doable. I may just have to sit and pet it for a little while to decide.
Amongst the squishy fibre was also a spindle. This is actually one of the extra spindles from the November 2011 club in the theme ‘Last of the Sunflowers’. I love this spindle and am very much looking forward to filling it up with fibrey goodness.
