Incremental progress still counts...

I've been in a bit of a stall since the new stuff arrived last week. Some of it was worrying about that Etsy shipment, some was my ever-growing list of other-other-other obligations. I recognize the signs that I'm about to get overwhelmed, but I don't always choose to address the procrastination behaviours right away.

...because I've also learned that those time-wasting things accomplish something too - they let my brain idle, just a bit, so I can get back to coping with the too-dang-much that I've put on my plate - to a point.

One worry was cast aside today!

The nostie (insert spelling variation here...) arrived in today's mail, and I've tested it on the 58.5 yards of 2-ply Gold Colonial that came with the camo spindle. I like the more-compact yarn cake for small amounts like this, and it'll help my old, abused ball winder last longer. It has a better taper than the Etsy photo showed, and a nice tacky wax finish that helps the first few wraps stay in place.

I need practice to tidy up my winding, but it'll be nice to have at events, and the tighter-wound balls will pass between the narrow gaps on my inkle better too!

In other news, I can now use my other tiny turkish for silk spinning (the purple merino/silk is freshly-plied and waiting for wet finishing). The camo is wearing some romney I was given a couple years ago - it's not the nicest roving I've dealt with, but it's behaving better on the spindle than it did on my wheel.

On the weaving front, I've un-woven nearly as much as I've done - stupid mistakes, and beat variations I didn't like, so out they came. As those decisions are also 'progress' of a sort, I still declare win.

It's all stuff that wasn't done at last writing.