unicornduke | February Crafting Update and March Goals

February goals

Spin something after the current project (and skein, ply and label all the yarns sitting around) - Spun 4 oz of fluff to yarn and chain plyed it, finished and plyed the 8 oz of targhee, skeined, washed and labeled all the yarns
finish tablet weaving project - I don't think I worked on this at all, oh well
start processing a fleece - just started combing an alpaca fleece today! Combed one load, spun it on a spindle and need to ply to see how I want to spin it. Leaning towards 2 ply for warp
crochet on the mittens - worked on it! got past the thumb hole on one, getting close to thumb hole on the other. I like these a lot
weave on the plaid - worked on it! Might be halfway
knit sweater - finished the body! bound it off last night and picked up the sleeves. need to divide my yarn ball and then decide which brown will be the rest of the sleeves

Pictures
Skeins of yarn that were sitting around, light grey and brown/black for tablet weaving. Those were sitting on bobbins in the way, so I skeined them to clear them off. I want to get a cone winder at some point because they should be on cones. The blue is the chain plyed merino, finally washed.

Three skeins of yarn sit on a grey mesh chair. From right to left, light grey, brown/black and blue. The grey and black skeins are spun very fine compared to the blue.

Three skeins of yarn sit on a grey mesh chair. From right to left, light grey, brown/black and blue. The grey and black skeins are spun very fine compared to the blue.

30 oz of 4 ply Romney, skeined and washed. It did puff up in the wash like I was hoping, so it's about worsted weight! Woo! I still haven't decided what pattern I'm going to make, but I've got so many options including the gansey book I bought recently.

Four big puffy grey skeins of yarn sit on a grey mesh chair.

Four big puffy grey skeins of yarn sit on a grey mesh chair.

Fluff to finished yarn in a month, usually I forget to take good pictures of the fluff but I remembered this time. The balcony has great lighting for photos. First photo colors are most true to real life.

A flat stack of roving is sitting on a grey mesh chair. The color changes from dark grey to light to white to lavendar to dark purple.

A flat stack of roving is sitting on a grey mesh chair. The color changes from dark grey to light to white to lavendar to dark purple.

A bobbin of yarn on the wheel. The yarn is very fine and shiny, with lavendar and dark purple visible.

A blue plastic bobbin holds poofy yarn, a tightly plyed pretty lavendar to dark purple color.

March Crafting Goals

Spin something (so many options!) and ply the one thing still to go, skein, wash and label all the yarns
Finish tablet weaving
Process the alpaca fleece (3.3 pounds!)
Crochet the mittens
Weave the plaid
Knit the sweater