#handspinning

finally got my wheel out today! making sock yarn from some sw merino/nylon top one of my nephews helped me dye at new years. only got a third of the way in or so because I hadn't used the wheel in months and I kept stopping to troubleshoot noises... but that's still progress, plus my wheel now has had the whole flyer and bobbin broken down, cleaned, and re-oiled AND there's a new drive band on. thought I would do a bit more after dinner, but fiyero disagreed and since we haven't had good chair cuddles since before Tour began due to the various kinds of travel and disruptions, I don't have the heart to move him 💚

good news, i have in fact been spinning for Tour de Fleece

meh news, i have not been posting about it because i'm tired

The ply-ening begins!

Edit to add: ignored my feeling of "spindle too full" and just plied until one of my singles ran out. nice 18-19 wpi results at that end. probably a bit lower at other bits. so we call it a sport weight and ignore the part where i still need to wet finish it. yes yes

really struggling today with migraine and mood, but I got just a little bit done