September Crafting Update and October Goals

September goals

• Spin alpaca and ply, wash and label skeined yarns - spun one bobbin and most of a second, still lots to go, didn't do anything with the yarns
• knit sweater - frogged it since it was coming out to have about five inches too big. just finished reknitting the ribbing
• crochet mittens - worked on them! almost to the thumb holes on both
• get the damn heddles on the loom, then thread heddles, then sley dent and weave. By end of Sept I will be throwing the shuttle - DID IT, I am currently weaving and have woven about 12 inches so far. it's going very well!
• work on a fleece - started carding the icelandic fleece
• wash a fleece? - nope
• write a blog post? - I wrote some stuff but need to find photos

I also went to my local sheep and wool festival with B, which was delightful. Pictures below the weaving photo

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October goals

• Spin alpaca and wash, skein and label yarns
• knit sweater
• crochet mittens
• weave on the big loom! maybe get it all woven?
• process indigo plants
• finish blog post
• work on a fleece
• warp a tablet woven band to try weaving words (Please Weave a Message is the book title) (the words will be swear words because why not)