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[unicornduke]

my favorite fiber dyer has just discontinued the base fiber that I liked so much :'(

they're switching entirely to merino or blends with nylon, which. fine I guess.

They just aren't my favorite to spin because they are much better suited to short draw and I only really do long draw. You can long draw them, but its much more difficult. 

now there's the decision of: do I buy the discontinued fibers that are left in their shop or do I stick to my resolution not to buy fiber until may? 

I did just spend a ton of money on seed orders......and I already have a ton of fiber.......

(is this what fomo is)

ugh

Comments

[graydon]

Well, boo.

Anyone else sell that sort of base fiber? (At least, someone who isn't in Upper Outer Elsewhere?)

[unicornduke]

It's more that they do some amazing dye work that is absolutely beautiful and they're a queer owned business. The impression I got from their posts is that the base they've been dyeing is harder to get now, so they're switching to one more readily available. I would love to keep buying their merino and blends because the colors are great but I don't enjoy spinning them as much as the targee and BFL.

An example is this page Merino Blend Page. The colors are really bold and beautiful and neat. A lot of dyers I see tend to do more muted colors, rather than the bright gradient that Llady Llama does. Like this dyer who is pretty popular Hello Yarn Fiber.

They are also a New York State dyer. So all in all, arg decisions. I don't want to dye my own, I've thought about it and nope. So they have some stuff on their store of all the stock left of those bases and I kinda want to buy them but I don't know if I should or not.