Green Pei

I ate a piece of extremely green pie at lunch today – the dining hall had grasshopper pie on the dessert table and I couldn’t resist it.  It was wicked witch green.  But I didn’t take a photo of it.  Instead, I give you Green Pei:

I’m working on the Pei loop scarf from BrooklynTweed, made from the new Loft yarn.  This is a fingering weight, woolen spun, 2-ply yarn.  This heathered green colorway is called “Button Jar” and I’m smitten with it.  See how many colors show up?  It’s not “just” green!

If you haven’t seen how the Harrisville Mill makes this heathered yarn, I recommend reading Jared Flood’s mill tour posts.  I would LOVE to see this mill in person someday!

By the way, I heard some negative feedback about the integrity of the Loft yarn on the SpinDoctor podcast – Sasha’s skein broke several times while winding it on a ballwinder.  I’m happy to report that I had no such issues (though I did wind especially carefully because I heard her podcast first).

…and speaking of mill tours, The Mannings is sending a busload of folks to Nazareth, PA, to tour the Kraemer Textiles Mill.  I’m thinking of taking a vacation day to go along.  I’ve always wanted to see a spinning mill!  Don’t get me started on the Mingus Mill in Great Smoky Mountains National Park…  I could stay there all day watching how the mill grinds the corn.  And then there’s the David Macauley book called Mill.  Yeah, I think I just talked myself into a vacation day on April 13.  Who’s with me?  To the mill!

In other news… I posted a few photos from our NYC trip on Flickr, including some delicious pictures of the yarn at Habu Textiles, for those who are interested.