July Crafting Update and August Goals

July goals

• Spin the CVM - done! Just finished it on the 30th, it took me about a month to spin 3oz. Started another spinning project that is 4oz of combed top to spin on my electric wheel around. Also just started 8oz of Romney roving on the CPW. Did some Tour de Fleece spinning, where my goal was to spin every day, which I did, mostly on my spindle spinning of cotton
• Knit sweater - worked on it a tiny bit
• twist fringe on shawl for guild sale - did the yellow one, working on the pink one, bought a fringe twister because it was getting tedious
• finish weaving on the loom and start warping next project - finished! Got the sample for the next one almost on the loom
• work on tablet weaving - cut the project off the loom, it really wasn't working, don't weave with upholstry thread, wove three other little bands
• Sew the waistcoat - almost done! just buttons to go
• wash a fleece? - nope
• process fleece - worked on it
• engage in shenanigans (already happening >:) I went out and collected some nettles and invasive phragmites from the swamp this morning) - no more shenanigans but I might do this again soon. And I acquired a great wheel :) :) :)

The fluffy clouds of 3oz of CVM that I combed, I bought it from Clemes & Clemes Good Clean Fiber. It's just got a little bit of variation of color, which is neat although it's really only noticable in the yarn. Spun extremely fine which was kinda fun even though it took all month. Don't have yardage yet, I'm going to put it on a cone for weaving to see what kind of fabric a singles finewool will make. 64 wpi.


( so many pictures! )

August goals

• spin things!
• knit sweater
• weave sample and get the main project warped
• twist fringe on pink shawl for sale
• finish the waistcoat
• work on great wheel
• woodwork a few things - pegs for great wheel, tall storage thing for weaving supplies