The fiber arts world is a wonderful example of "what comes around goes around", but in a nice way that I'm going to call the "The Rainbow Connection".   (OK, I admit that I have a bit of obsession with muppets but we won't go there now).  So, the reality of the modern fiber arts world is that we are all connected to each other somehow--from small farmers to big mills, spinners to needle artists of all kinds, tiny indie designers to "fashion week" moguls to some guy wearing his favorite T-shirt, modern artists to our ancestors who worked with fiber for warmth and necessity more than luxury.  Fiber connects us all.  It is  necessity, hobby, art, entertainment and much, much more.  I could go on forever, but will save it for a book I hope to write someday.

The point of this is that today I made a little connection in this fiber arts world that made me smile, and just wanted to show how a bit of fluff begins the process of making the rounds.  I purchased this set of batts (coincidentally, a rainbow of little batts in different colors, imagine that?) from Loop on Etsy back in August of 2007.  Aren't they gorgeous?

At the time I couldn't wait to get my hands on them, and spun them into this fun striped yarn I call Kindergarten, plied with black thread and coils surrounding glass beads:

The yarn was then purchased from my Etsy store by Char of CharteChic.  She crocheted it into this gorgeous shawl, which was recently sold to a woman who has plans to take it with her on a trip to Peru:

It wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that some of the Alpaca or other fibers in the batts I originally purchased came from Peru.  What comes around truly does go around in this world, doesn't it?