Great White Bale Lot 4

The fourth and final yarn produced from the Great White Bale narrative yarn adventure, Lot 4 was spun at the S&D Woolen Mill in Millbury, MA. We left one skein au natural, while the rest was dyed at the Saco River Dyehouse in Biddeford, ME. 206 yards / 188mWeight: Approx. 92g (3.24 oz) I had no idea this yarn would transform so much in the wash. I knew it was woolen-spun, and that woolen-spun yarns bloom. But I also watched it get scoured at the dyehouse, which I assumed would remove all the spinning oils and give us something pretty close to ”done.” I posed my artsy in-progress shot and figured that’d be the end of it. Instead, when I bound off my swatch and dropped it in its warm sudsy bath, it immediately released a creamy poof.   Well. Was that in the yarn all along, I wondered? Or was something introduced during scouring that contributed to this? I don’t yet have the answer, I can only share my utter amazement. The above shot was taken after the water had coole