It's shearing time again, and all those luscious fleeces are going up for sale on FB and elsewhere, and I cannot even tell you how badly I want to get one and process it entirely myself. It's been awhile since I've done one, and it feels like this might be the year to do it.
Except... Except, I still have a good bit of a Romney fleece that I never finished flicking and carding, let alone spinning. Except, I have a lamb's fleece that I paid for the scouring only for it to really need combing and I don't have combs. It just isn't spinning well from flicked locks or doing well on the carder (nep city). I really need to work out a better carding space, first of all, since the last time I had it going it was a bit too low for me and got my fibromyalgia all upset (hence the still uncarded fleece). I really should get a set of Viking combs after years of drooling over them, which would help if I get all this other stuff set and get a fleece next year. But I want a new fleece. A Finn or that gorgeous dark grey Romney I just saw or some Clun Forest because I got some roving that spins up like butter and now I want to see what a whole fleece would look like... Except... Except, while I'm supposed to spin for 20-30 minutes a day as my FND PT, I haven't for a good week and was spotty about it before that. Except, I have a good bit of white Romney roving, the Clun Forest roving, and the light brown (merino?) roving I've been slowly working through for years and years (why did I buy so very much?!). I'm thinking a fair isle sweater with natural colors and some natural dying if I do up the two Romneys, more of the light brown, and the Clun Forest. This, somehow, has not made me get back to spinning every day like I'm supposed to. Except, now it's seed starting season, spring cleaning season, and get-the-gardens ready season, so do I really need yet another project? No... I mean... no. But all the pretties! And now I have to go wrangle the very loud geese who probably are bothering whatever is going on at the school next door. *sighs* *whispers to self* I still want a fleece.
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CarinaI go by Bina on Ravelry, have for years, and used to have a knit blog ages ago. With everything going on with Ravelry and elsewhere, I think it's time to bring back the knit blog. Archives
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