Mystery spin - three

So now that it is revealed here are the niddy gritty details.

Thrumbs -some Cotton & acrylic, but mostly wool or wool blend. total weight 3grams.

 lighter colored alpaca - I bought this second hand and it wasn't labelled as to what type of alpaca, it is softer than the one below. 30 grams.

 Darker colored - same label problem - it is harsher and thicker in texture than most alpaca I have worked with. 60 grams

 Lincoln longwool - some veg, clean but unprocessed otherwise. 55 grams

 brown sheep wool roving from Wyoming. 14 grams

 Mohair roving from the same mill in Wyoming near my Grandpa's house. 16 grams

 This is Correidale sheep's wool. I was very unhappy with this purchase as there was a huge (about a pound) ball of muddy yuck in the center of the fleece, I couldn't see it at the time of purchase. There was also a ton of veg - I am very tolerant as that goes but this was excessive. I will not be buying from this farmer again. I like spinning Correidale and this is courser than many I have worked with. 18 grams.

 This is Rose fiber, it is rayon made from rose stems, it is soft and flyaway and lovely. 48 grams

 don't forget the beads!

So here we are the Mystery Spin revealed. I am excited but honestly have no clue what to do yet. Still pondering, one viewer asked me to discuss how I will be addressing the differing stable lengths  and I sure will - after I figure out what I am doing. One current thought is sort them into two strands by stable length, ply them together and then autoply beaded thread around them. But I haven't decided.
 ~Julia

piles of pretty beads

Sometimes you have a plan when you craft.  I am making X using these supplies and these tools.  Sometimes it is more like I want to make X so lets see what happens when I make it with this and with these other things and then decided which I like better. The above - overexposed but still kind of neat picture - was one of those times.  I am making crochet stitch markers and having a blast. Each is a bit different - gauge, color, size, beading etc. - but I am playing and having fun.  I also put together some earrings playing with color and shimmer.  The hammer - for making slightly threatening statements - oh yeah and for hardening and shaping the markers.  I am channeling my inner barbarian blacksmith here in the studio.  The bowl was made by my eldest son a few years ago, he is turning into quite the potter.

Sometimes the best plans just run away with themselves and don't do what you want.  I love this choker necklace, except it does not lay right.  So soon I will have to disassemble it and rebuild it slightly differently. This time with more math and less random. That growling is me.

And sometimes, a rare beautiful sometimes... you are doing something else entirely and poof that magical elusive thing inspiration attacks you.  I was actually organizing the box and drawer I keep my beads and such in, when I found the pendant stone in the upper right.  Followed by the gold pearls and copper wire... wire crochet here we come.  I kept finding bits that would look great with them so I will listen and build the necklace.

Hope you are following or ignoring your plan as best fits your day! ~ Julia