Final Romney skeins

So, here it is, the results of my efforts. The Romney has been plied, washed, and hung to dry/set the twist. The final skeins have the following total lengths:

112 m (122 yds)

292 m (320 yds)

633 m (692 yds)

It was a tedious process to skein this yarn – that was a total of 567 loops around my two-yard niddy noddy. My arms ached, but at least the process is done. I’ve already begun spinning fine mohair singles!

I’d like to play with the freshly processed Corriedale – it’s amazingly soft and the colors are really neat. I just have to figure out what to make for my sister-in-law and so will know what type of yarn to spin – scarf and hat, mittens, shrug, dense shawl to fight of the winter cold… in a place where they actually get SNOW!!! (Eh, sorry. I’m really sick of sunshine and heat. Did I mention it rained this past weekend?) And that superwash isn’t spinning itself.

We’re going to Pittsburgh for my niece’s wedding the first week in October, so I need something to keep me occupied on the flights. We’d planned to go to Lincoln City, OR at the end of October to scope out potential retirement areas (I like to plan early), maybe do some glassblowing, and just relax. Since we're using our timeshare bonus week, and started planning really late, there's no room at the inns in the area and we're "stuck" in Tahoe, CA. Yeah, ... that's just too bad, such a sacrifice, all those trees, water, ... I LOVE TAHOE! Anyhow, I figure by the end of October, the trade show will be over and I can try to decompress and get healthy.

Speaking of mohair, I plan to scour the remaining raw stuff so I can consolidate my junk. I want to put the last of it in the new plastic containers from Target, rearrange my office, and put my fiber stuff in there. I’ll need to get a flat panel monitor (or two) for my laptop so I can turn my desk to face the walls where the cables exit. Then I can make space for my sewing machine.