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Since my photo link doesn't want to cooperate will just describe pix from the top. Odds and sods, small amounts of various leftovers, 3 are merino - nylon and the bright pink is BFL - nylon. Spinning  so that resulting two ply yarn will be heavier than my usual, almost close to medium bulky weight. Plans so far to make mittens for several local female smalls. Make even add small amounts kid mohair on the inside for extra warmth. Middle pix is the wool-silk blend, took almost as long to ply as it did to spin. Pretty close to fingering weight and plans are for socks for me. After last winters -40° and only one pair of handspun socks to my name knew that I would want more for anything Mother Nature will throw at us this winter. Bottom pix is the blue green merino nylon from last blog post. Had 150 grams of the mix from Mary-anne Smith  (vintage stuff). Not sure right this minute what it will be stash for now. Have been sorting fibre with intentions of spinning lots of this and that, m