One thing we had to do before we left was harvest the apricots. Now, a lot of them are still on the green side and given another week they'd be ready. However, we won't be here to pick them and I don't think our cat sitter (The Daughter) is much interested in harvesting a ton of apricots. Anyway, yesterday we picked all but the absolutely green apricots:
...and a close-up.
About half of these were pitted and frozen (that was a lot of work!). The rest are being given as gifts to friends; there are some that need another couple of days to be ripe. I also made an apricot crisp from the really ripe apricots.
Yesterday was the second day of Tour de Fleece. Because I'm spinning the purple Merino-silk so thinly, I couldn't face it after cutting all of those apricots! Instead I started the "Guerrilla Girl" roving from Tempted that I bought from the Loopy Ewe. I forgot to take a picture of the roving in its original braid, but here's a picture of it pre-drafted:
And this is what I spun on Day 2:
The colors are very "Neapolitan ice cream" (my favorite!). I'm doing this one a little thicker than I usually spin, so it will be a challenge to keep it consistent.
For today's stage, I'll continue spinning on Guerrilla Girl, but I won't get more than a few minutes to spin. Too may things to do!
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