I love the English language, love reading and love words. In particular, I love collective nouns; you know, those strange words that describe a group of things: a parliament of owls, a host of sparrows, a murder of crows, an exaltation of larks, a muster of peacocks, a route of wolves, a skulk of foxes and so on.
I’ve even thought of a few of my own: a click of knitters, a hook of crocheters plus this one….a rave of rovings, which is the perfect segue to my latest post!
Yesterday at my place it was like waiting for Father Christmas to arrive as I knew there would be a delivery of a large number of rovings that I’d just ordered. Thanks to online parcel tracking I was expecting them to arrive any minute….the wonders of the internet!
As the buzzer went in my townhouse, I rushed to unlock the door and took possession of a huge parcel!
I immediately unpacked the rovings and started photographing them straight away so I could share all the fibre goodness with you. Here they are in all their colourful gloriousness……..
Anemone…beautiful shades of purply blue and yellow…
Apple Fresh….scrummy shades of greens…
Froggie….shades of green, aqua and mustard…
Great Barrier Reef…vibrant shades of the sea…
Peacock…rich colours of purple and aqua…
Desert…my favourite shades of sand, yellow and orange…
Grass….the rich green colour of a luscious lawn…
Natural White…these two rovings are to use as practise spinning on the spinning wheels I don’t use as much. I would hate to ‘waste’ a hand-dyed roving just for practise.
Kangaroo Paw…the ubiquitous Western Australia flower…
Rainbow # 2..a vibrant mix of bright colours…
And finally, Red Gum…my favourite autumn shades…
Aren’t they spectacularly beautiful colours? I just want to spin them all at once!!
If you’re wondering where I found these rovings, I’ll let you know. I stumbled upon this Aussie supplier when I was surfing the net. Julie Duke from Melbourne, Victoria runs an Etsy shop called Jumbuck Julie and she sells soooo many different hand-dyed rovings that you’ll have a hard time trying to make up your mind which ones to buy as I did!
My main criteria when purchasing online is to get quality, value and maximise postage. A large Australia Post expandable tough bag held these 22 rovings and cost only $15.20 postage which means each roving cost just under 70c postage.
The rovings are 100g each, 100% merino and 22 micron and cost $11.50 each except for the natural white which cost $7.50 each.
Now I just need to start spinning and to plan what to knit with each one!!!
We are so lucky here in Australia to have access to so many fine yarn and fibre artisans.
Now, for something totally different, I just wanted to show you this cute little sheep bag that I bought from Spotlight for just over $11. One of my friends from my spinning group showed it to me so of course I had to have one (or two) for myself. They are so soft and cuddly!
They’ll come in handy for small projects or just to hang around…
This one is hanging on one of my spinning wheels…
Very cute and whimsical don’t you think?
Until next time…
Melanie