I'm currently spinning up a braid of Finn wool from Bride Flight Studios (I don't think they are any longer in business. A Google search didn't find anything current anyway.) This is from a shop update in 2009, and the colorway is Alchemy of the Word.
I decided to spin this up into a fractal spin, so bobbin #1 has multiple thin strips spun up and bobbin #2 has only 5. I split the braid in half, and then split each half into those thinner long strips before spinning. All the singles are spun up.
My plan is to get these plied this week and then pick one more stash fiber to spin before the end of the year.
Looking forward to 2018 (which is one of my favorite things about this time of the year - planning ahead for another year), I'm definitely sticking with my stashdown goal. One of the things I really am going to make myself accomplish is getting all of my current personal stash - both yarn and fiber - to fit in the 3 cubbyhole-type bookshelves that I now have for my office/crafting space. When we had the floors redone last month, I went through and sorted all the stash, sold some things, and I got most of the stash redistributed into the bins. There are, however, a few larger Rubbermaid containers still lurking in the garage and I would like to get the point in 2018 where all of that stash can get put into my new storage shelving and have it all in one place and nicely organized.
I've got a few -Alongs I'm going to be participating in next year to try to keep me motivated. I really find I do better at sticking with goals if I have a public forum to be accountable to. I've joined the Blaine Fleece and Fiber Ravelry Group's Spin Your Goal-Along for 2018. My goal for next year is to spin 5 pounds. That's 20 four-oz braids or their equivalent and that would be about a braid and a half per month. I thought that way months like February, which will likely not be very spin-friendly, and months like July with Tour de Fleece, which will be more spin-heavy, could balance each other out.
And if I can accomplish that, it will free up about 2 of these cubbyholes in the current stash set-up.
Stay tuned for more 2018 plans to come this week in knitting and stitching. I'm on a mission.
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