Spring in My Heart: May Top of the Month Club, 2015

I love the longer days and the warmer weather! Flowers dot the landscape and there are real leaves on almost all the trees even the pecan trees have baby leaves on them now. Pale green-golds together with bright new greens sweep against the ever-changing sky. The vault of the sky over our farm has been clear shades of deep blue for most of April, but before a storm, it turns a dark and murky green-blue; at almost every evening, we see the lavender-blue-blacks of dusk.

Welcome to Spring in My Heart, dyed on Targhee and Merino/SuperwashMerino/TussahSilk.

Targhee is one of the newest sheep breeds. Developed in Idaho, the Targhee breed comes from cross of Rambouillet (highly crimped, very soft), Corriedale (moderately crimped and moderately soft), and Lincoln (long, lustrous curls.) This US grown wool is very soft a fabulous 23 microns with lots of muted luster.

For the wool/silk blend this month we have our best-beloved blend of Merino/SuperwashMerino/TussahSilk (40/40/20.) As a dye artist, I am wild about the three layers of color that this blend gives, and as a spinner, I love how the superwash merino and silk both help the fibers slide past each other when drafting. With plenty of nuanced color combined with easy drafting, this blend is delightful indeed!

The companion colorway this month is Dusk Violet.