Cashmere Rainbow

This is a slightly cheesy named yarn, to add to the cheese say it as if Doug Henning was saying it. “CAsssshhhmmmere RAAAIINbow” That makes both cheesy and ironic. This is some really nice stuff. It was spun using a 100% Calvin Klein cashmere sweater. I spun the rest of it using llama, bamboo, marino and corriedale . The colors are lovely. Andy actually picked them out. Sometimes we collaborate for fun. 


Three Girly Friends!
This might be the most girly yarn I have ever spun! It is a mix of three (!) sweaters. A mohair sweater with sprinkles and buttons (all in the yarn), a cashmere sweater- which I had to admit- I didn’t want to rip out and this really lovely wrap. I cut them all up and spun them with a bit of CJ Kopec’s roving, some superwash marino, fake fur (subtle but in there), and a good bit of soy silk. Oh yeah, and some sparkles. I do love me some sparkly stuff- I can’t help it. I am my mother’s daughter. This is some really beautiful and girly yarn!
Here are a few photos, plus some of the sweaters that I chopped up!








Little Blue Box
This little ditty was spun using some Cashmere I bought fairly early on in this process. I don’t have a photo of the sweater (sadly). It is a 100% baby blue cashmere sweater. I mixed it with some superwash marino and some roving I have from CJ Kopec (thats the pink stuff). I also added a little flax and some chopped up curtain remnants (I really love those). I am happy with the way it came out. I really love the blue/pink/brown combo. I spun this slightly differently than the others. I pulled the roving all the way through the sweater bits to give it a little more uniformity. 


NOT What Ann Intended
Hello! This is my first post on my new blog! This lovely handspun yarn was made from a repurposed Ann Taylor Sweater. The sweater is 100% cashmere. I mixed it with some Border Leichester fleece (from a sheep named Deborah).
The yarn is super chunky. The is a lot of cashmere in it. I also spun a thread around the outside to give it a areas between the blue and black a little.

