Colorway 5 (or why photography makes me weep)

I wanted to show you a good photograph of the 2 ply I spun up on my Joy last night using colorway #5.  I used the tripod, the flash, again with no flash, on the table, on the floor.  ARGH!  Here's another photo:

The flash gave me too much shine -- BFL is kind of shiny I guess.  But I think that between the two photographs, you can get the general idea of what it looks like.

In answer to some questions about navajo plying, I direct you to my favorite spinning website once again -- The Joy of Handspinning has a great little video free online.  How cool is that?

And while I'm listing off resources, I have to tell you that one book that was used quite a bit on dyeing day was:

I've talked about this book before, but I really need to mention it again.  It proved itself as a great resource and that's the difference between a good book and a great one in my opinion.  So if you are interested in dyeing, I would certainly recommend Deb Menz's Color in Spinning.

Now I'm off to prepare some more pattern orders for shipment!  The Carroll Bag is on it's way to lots of yarns shops and will hit the online store some time in the next week!

Comments

[Theresa]

Yum. Even with the strange vagaries of photography I can tell this one is a great colorway. You gonna swatch it girlfriend?

[Natalie]

Now there's a rulebreaker...pretty roving making pretty yarn. :)

[Dianna]

Wonderful! I knew it would be beautiful!

[Valerie]

the solution to your photography angst: http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/19002.html

But the pictures you posted are of a lovely yarn.

[Risa]

My buddy Elaine had a similar problem when trying to get a good blogworthy photo of some yarn. She came up with a pretty novel and workable solution. Scanner. She put the skeins on the scanner bed and got excellent color reproduction of what had proved difficult with her camera. I'm going to try it myself to see if I can get a good shot of my new koigu :)

[Michele]

I think the yarn is lovely and can't wait to purchase Carroll.

[Michelle]

Oh, just lovely!! I've been waiting to see #5. It is beautiful and yummy indeed!