During the holiday season of 2007, I noticed a shop on Etsy selling the most BEAUTIFUL bits of wool. That was the first time I laid eyes on the batts that Hobbledehoy creates. I didn’t spin yet but wanted to learn, so I asked for a drop spindle for Christmas.
In January I purchased Drunken Sailor – my first Hobbledehoy batt. It was the beginning of a fiber addiction. I held on to that batt for days, weeks months and then a year. That batt was my first fiber love – I had to hold on to it for something special. I had to wait until I knew EXACTLY what it wanted to be.
Last night, it spoke to me. It wanted to be a super chunky, way funky, plied yarn. So out it came, I spun it up pretty thick (for my standards) and plied the heck out of it. I fell in love with it all over again. I don’t know what it is going to be yet, but that will come to me… in time.
IdyllHands 
it is gorgeous! I blame hobbledehoy as well.
oh no! I’m getting blamed for my batts? I love how those Drunken Sailor batts spun up- I remember cranking out gobs of those back in the day 😉
Yes – I’m blaming it ALL on you 🙂 Worse things could have come from this.
That is absolutely beautiful and has inspired me to get spinning! Love it!
that would be such a cute beret! do you have enough??
It’s just over 100 yards – so I do have enough and it’s so thick that I could really get some mileage out of it with some big needles.
Yum yum yum! Enjoy your project! It’s just gorgeous!
Whoa. GORGEOUS. I want to eat it.
I LOVE the colors you blended together, it's gorgeous!!!♥
I wish I could take credit for the blending – but Hobbledehoy blended it all into a batt and I just spun it up from that. I'll take credit for the lovely, squishyness though! 🙂
cool! that yarn is feisty!