Ann writes:

<<I decided that I wanted a handspun handwoven cloak.> snip <After a
*lot* of spinning I decided that when would a wear a cape in 
Florida anyway and wouldn't a ruana be just as good and not take 
nearly as much yarn. > snip again < The long-lost fabric is well on its
way now to being a warm coat. >>

LOL!  I had a project like that once.  My first all-singles project, in
fact.  Started out as yarn for a coat.  A wonderful creamy white BL x
Correidale from Australia, perfect wool for a first handspun singles
project.  I was going to spin all the yarn, then space-dye spots of
color (love yarn like that :).  Oh, but how boring to spin mile after
mile of plain white yarn!  So I quit about about 3/4 of a mile and made
a scarf instead--not nearly as ambitious as your morphing :)

<<The plusses--the color (natural gray with strands of mohair in 
turquoise and rust).  The hand--this stuff is somehow buttery--it's 
luxuriously drapey and buttery.>>

I hope you'll tell us more about the yarn you spun?  Was it singles or
plyed?  How thick?  How much mohair?  What sett?  Was it a plain twill
or something else?  What was the wool like?  Do tell more :)

Holly

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