May crafting update and June goals

May crafting goals

• spin! currently 4oz of Romney on the wheel, maybe I'll do another weaving yarn, high twist for warp? (write about cotton spinning) - I spun the 4oz of Romney, started 6 oz and finished 3 of it of blended Wensleydale/Angora for warp. Cotton!
• ply, skein and wash yarns sitting around - done! They are finishing drying today and I'll put their labels on and put them away
• knit sweater - worked on it! making progress, just seamed the shoulders together and will be starting the sleeves shortly
• start a crochet project? - nope
• wash a fleece? - nope and picked up four more during shearing season
• process fleece - worked on it a little
• work on tablet weaving project and get it off the warping board - haha no
• Get weaving! - warped, got the warp on the loom and am weaving!
• muslin of waistcoat - needs to be done before weaving finishes so uhh - done! also in sewing related news, I picked up a bunch of sewing yardage from an out of business tailoring company, so I can use that for fancy things!

Cotton spinning! This was my first time spinning cotton and I started with 25g of Egyptian cotton from Hearthside Fibers Plant based sampler. I spun it on my supported spindle and I really enjoyed it once I got the hang of it. It's definitely similar to long draw wool in some ways but it's so short and fine that you need a lot of twist to make it go right. This was also very slick, so I had to either card it into punis or make tiny "punis" by hand, by taking a bundle of the top, ripping into into little 3/4 inch long, stacking them up and pulling them out sideways and rolling them a little. Now that I've started another cotton spin, I realized that this was perhaps learning on hard mode.


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June crafting goals

• Spin! finish the 6oz spin, and spin something else
• knit sweater
• start a crochet project?
• get the tablet weaving done, it's just sitting
• weave! get it off the loom?
• Buy sewing supplies
• Wash fleece maybe with a new setup?
• process fleece