December goals
- Finish Romney fleece???? – I would need to wait to ply since a friend is borrowing my electric wheel for a while. That’s okay, I can at least finish the singles. – singles done!
- Start tablet woven band – fully wove one and started a second
- fix and finish weaving on big loom- done! Just need to hemstitch and cut off
- Process alpaca fleece – making progress! I’ve got maybe 1/3 of it left
- Ball navajo churro yarn for weaving next – to do over holiday break at my parents – mostly done, just finishing up some of the weft, need to figure out yardage and start warping!
- Crochet something – start building my crochet tolerance back up now that my wrist feels better – crocheted a scarf!
- Knit sweater – still in progress
- Bonus: spun 4 oz of carded merino that has been sitting around for a bit. I carded it since it had felted very badly in the top braid and it turned out super nice
Romney fleece spun up, 30 oz, once I get my electric wheel back from B (she just texted me about it and will be sending it with her family that lives near here so I will have it back soon!!!), I will do a 4 ply.
Superfine Merino, carded into rolags and spun up, 4 oz. I will chain ply (3 ply) this to keep the colors relatively similar as they are spun. I suspect I will dislike chain plying as usual and wonder why I thought it was a good idea. It makes pretty yarn, that’s why. It’ll be used for something soft and nice since it is very soft. Fancy scarf? who knows.
This band was an experiment with doing a skip hole brick texture historical band with tubular selvedges. I like both the brick texture and the tubular selvedges but honestly, not together. I’ll probably do a wider band with each of those separately. I also need to figure out the best way to change directions that will not make the annoying blob.
Herringbone wide, woven on the big loom from handspun Gotland yarn, 2 ply and spun with extra twist for weaving. Only one warp thread break and the weaving was smooth and fun. It’s very shiny and I have no purpose for it but it is cool. I still need to hem stitch, cut it off the loom and decide if it needs fringe or not.
January goals
- Finish tablet woven band, it’s very tiny and will take a while, start another?
- Crochet something? maybe mittens or socks
- Warp on new big loom project – Navajo Churro handspun yard for plaid twill for a big pillow
- Spin stuff – just started spinning grey romney fleece combing waste that I carded, want to spin something else next
- Finish processing alpaca fleece
- knit sweater