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Superwash BFL
Long Dog Handspun (Bonus points: I am Long Dog Handspun, so I dyed this myself. The original top is from Ashland Bay.)
Color: Bottom of the Pot
Photographer: Rebecca Aldrich Bowen (are you detecting a theme here?)
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