Creating a Signature Yarn

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I know that the title of this post sounds a little high and mighty, but I've been trying to work on getting a green yarn that is "me" for my Etsy shop banner and my blog banner. I was going to use Corriedale because I've been saving some back for myself to make a sweater, but I just couldn't get the right "pop" with it; mainly because Corriedale is one of the finer medium wools and has low luster. Wonderful to wear, kinda boring to photograph.

So I decided to play with some of the Romney that I recently dyed, and created a nice green yarn with lots of sheen and I'm pretty happy with it. Amazingly, it includes equal parts emerald, teal, gold, dark brown and dark blue. I love blending colors on a drum carder: it's just wonderful how you can acheive a solid color from afar, but up close it's full of complex colors.

I left the yarn on my niddy noddy and took some preliminary photos for a banner. The ones here won't work for the shape of a banner, but they were so pretty, I had to share!

Romney Yarn on Niddy NoddyWith roving in backgroundMy logo is finished, and today I'll be working on incorporating photos with the logo and getting all my sites looking pretty. Not really a very fiber-y Friday to-do list, but worth the work!