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Day 18: I got distracted, this was not part of the "plan".

I hadn't intended to spin anything that would take longer than two days.

This? Well...

Inkheart, by Ixchel.com.au. Super Fine Merino 70%, Mulberry Silk 30%.

The original quilt is almost all from scraps and the pillow cases are scraps from those scraps, so my color options were extremely limited, but! Complete at last!

The white constellation fabric in the pillowcases is from a flat sheet I cut into for the quilt backing, but the rest of the sheet set is alive and well and featured in this staging :)

when you zoom in you can see the first few are definitely a bit of a mess 😄 they're also very rope-like whereas my recent spins are much softer and yarn-like. it was fun to set them all out like this and see the improvement!

I also knit two swatches with the yarn I made, one from that 1st ball of yarn and one from the 7th. a big difference between them both not only in looks but in how they feel too!

Bridgerton inspired Pink Gown

I made this gown after season 2 but didn't actually take picture until now. its been hanging living room for a year. I love this fabric but sadly the store I got it from closed down soon after I bought it. I would love more of it.

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia (c.400-300 BCE): crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This artifact was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.