Long have I admired Liz, of Hobbledehoy’s use of color. I remember reading her Featured Seller interview on Etsy and feeling so inspired! I long watched and drooled over her batts, but they usually sell out so soon after listing, it seemed I kept missing them.
Imagine my delight and surprise when I finally did order a pair and she added a little extra batt!
The wait was definately worth it, the batts were squishy and soft and spun up into the bounciest yarns.
I was extra thrilled when, moments after finishing this yarn:
I went on a walk and snapped this picture:
Usually my pictures inspire my spinning, but this time my fresh yarn inspired to notice the beauty in these buds.
Today I listed the yarn spun from the little extra batt. I added it in with some of my own handdyed purpley mill-ends wool/mohair.
The results reminded me so much of the pansies blooming everwhere; I’m now inspired to try to photograph a few!
As I started writing this post, I realized I’d like to know a little more about the girl behind the yarn, so I asked to interview her and she agreed! Look for it here, on Monday!

Hi! I'm Tara and I'm the Blonde Chicken behind all this yarn! You can read more about how I got this