Progress Group Photo:
Finished plying and whapping the Daffodil merino, finished plying the River Wide merino/silk, but have yet to skein/whap it, and add a counting string. Started using my Ashford Turkish for its intended purpose - currently plying ball#2 of the Tent Project.
The Anne Dixon Inkle book arrived, and the tape on the inklette is the first of my 'work through the book' pieces - a variation on the dots and squares from page 18. It's currently stiff as a board, but even the linen was flowy and soft after proper wet-finishing, so I'll wait and see. I was shocked at how well the singles linen behaved - I was expecting it to untwist and shred, or at least shed heavily under all the abrasion from weaving, but it was fine - the suspected ramie, on the other hand, _will_ need some sort of help. I'll play with beeswax or Thread Heaven before I go so far as preparing linseed dressing, since it's only one yarn that needs the attention.
The ThreadsThruTime Tiny Turkish spindle is my latest, (and hopefully la$t for awhile) purchase - the ball of silk I've just started plying has been my coffeeshop spinning for the past few weeks. I'm trying a new tactic - using a hair stick as a plying nostie, so the inside of the ball can't collapse fully, and start to tangle - the single was pretty high-twist, and I don't trust it not to snarl. Jury's still out on whether the extra fiddling is worth it.
The remaining bookmarks will go into my Studio fair stash, and hopefully I'll get another set or two done. I still have to decide how I'm mounting them for display. I also have to chart and weave at least one commissioned tape that's been on the back-burner for over a year, and warp and start another. (all the more reason to finish or cut off the knotwork tape)
Time management has never been my friend... feeling it now!
