I did so much??? For some reason, November felt wildly busy.
November Goals
- Spin grey Romney fleece – 4 out of 6 bobbins done and the blobs in the box are getting quite low
- Finish tablet weaving project? – DONE WOW. turns out when you work on something, it is easier to get it done
- knit sweater – still working on it, I have a crop top sweater now
- process fleece – I think I worked on this once
- finish 4oz test comb for timing – done and did a second one of Teeswater
- start a crochet project – hat and scarf for gifts? – did a crochet hat and a knit hat, no pictures because they aren’t 100% done. I need to put a lining in the crochet hat
Other things: big loom weaving!
Pictures!
Grey Romney! I think I’ve finally earmarked this fleece for a big snuggly cardigan that I can wear over other layers. I will either do a 3 ply or 4 ply depending on what weight I want. Two more bobbins to go since this is a little over 20 oz, with another 10oz to spin. I shouldn’t need extra yarn but if I do, I have 10 oz of carded combing waste from the same fleece.
Tablet woven band is 92 inches long! If I hang it around my neck, it goes past my knees! It is so pretty! It is kinda my design, based on Birka 22 by Elewys of Finchingfield. I think I’m eventually going to make some kind of giant robe deal and use it as edge trim for like, Ren Faires. Or just winter. I think I’m going to weave the fabric for it since….
I wove something on the big loom! It is a sampler in cotton that I use for my tablet woven bands and I super enjoyed the process. I have Beginning Weaving by Peggy Osterkamp and it goes through the entire process in exacting detail. I am in the process of warping on a second project right now, which I messed up the width calculations on so I need to fix that before I thread more. Ah well. Turns out weaving on a big loom is a lot of math and counting. This part of the sample has the wide herringbone pattern which I liked a lot.
Combing sampler. I’ve been toying with the idea of doing some festival sales with tablet woven bands and some other things. The combed wool I timed to see what I would need to charge to make it worth it, so we’ll see. I did some CVM and this is the Teeswater, which is very pretty.
No pictures of the sweater or hats, too lazy.
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.
- Start tablet woven band
- fix and finish weaving on big loom
- Process alpaca fleece
- Ball navajo churro yarn for weaving next – to do over holiday break at my parents
- Crochet something – start building my crochet tolerance back up now that my wrist feels better
- Knit sweater