This is a collection of images that I've created by photographing my Pussy Caps up close using the macro setting on my digital camera.
Most of these pictures are lit only by a skylight while a few of them have had a fill light added.
Beyond the utility of Pussy Caps are these extraordinary yarns, many of which were created by women whose passion for what they do matches my own.
This is a fantasy - a journey on into the world of yarns and crocheting that we'd never get to see with our naked eyes.
Raccon fur & cashmere in their natural colors, handspun by Gayle Paige.
Raccoon fur & cashmere, buffalo & yak down, possum fur & merino and llama all working beautifully together here in this detail of my Roadkill Pussy Caps.
From the Noro yarnmakers of Japan comes this luscious, fuzzy blend of angora fur, silk & wool in a beautiful pallet of purples, lavenders, greens, greys and blues.
Looking down at the top of a Pussy Cap we see a smoky grey blend of alpaca & wool swirling with a wool & silk yarn in blues, teals and light greens.
Handpainted merino wool in shades of green and gold is joined by handspun yak down in its natural grey. A strand of natural tan Peruvian alpaca rounds out this autumnal feast of colors.
Golden silk & mohair, millspun in Italy makes a shimmering, elegant trim for red millspun alpaca from Peru`
To your left is handpainted, handspun wool from Sandy Ryan's spinning wheel and her sheep named Double Trouble.
Above is a detail of natural ivory llama yarn handspun by Marsha Berkemeier of Missouri. Accenting in pale pastels are angora fur and a tiny strand of cotton/rayon.
Here we have merino wool, cashmere, angora fur, alpaca and wool in a sherbet inspired fantasy of corals, pinks, ivories and steely blues.
OK, so steely blue isn't something I'd want showing up in my sherbet, but here it makes for a nice contrast to the creamy pastels.
From the first shearing of a baby alpaca named Risa comes this rare and beautiful yarn in its natural reddish brown. I crocheted it on a smaller hook than I normally would have used, giving the yarn a lot of texture and thickness. A baby alpaca is called a cria.
A beautiful blending of merino, silk, cashmere and lambswool in an elegant pallet of purples.
Natural tan baby camel down handspun by Kristen Worthington is coupled here with a blend of angora fur & baby suri alpaca that was handspun by Gayle Paige.
If I had the patience to crochet myself an afghan, this is probably what I'd use make it out of.
Can you feel the softness?
This downy soft angora fur yarn has already started to bloom, which means that some of the fibers have started to lift up from the yarn and create a halo effect around it.
Handpainted and handspun angora fur...
Shimmering silver silk & glass beads are joined by superfine Peruvian alpaca in natural black, grey and white colors.
Alpaca
