Livin' La Needle Loca

 ...another finish!  This is Sangria Sunset [ Ravelry ], another Falkland from The Yarn Wench. and the close-up: Specs: Started and finished 7/16/2025 Falkland (4.1 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 77.1 yds. 2-ply; Bulky weight 1 ply Falkland and 1 ply Trendsetter Dune in color 95  

...spun on Rest Day anyway.  I finished the TdF 2024 Handspun [Ravelry]: and the close up: Specs: Started 7/11/2025 Finished 7/15/2025 4.0 oz. Merino-Cashmere-Silk from Greenwood Fiberworks 210.4 yds., chain-ply, 13 WPI   WIPs Roll Call Worked On: Mom's cookbook (cooking) Talked to my brothers and clarified the instructions on a recipe. Seaology (cross stitch) Finished mermaid block; started lighthouse block No Work This Week: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]   Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Website (other)  Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch) Happy Pumpkin needleroll (cross stitch) Herding Cats quilt (quilting) La Cat-trina quilt (quilting) Peaceful Night (cross stitch) Road to Chaos (quilting)   Sea Dandelion (cross stitch) IDJ (It's Dead, Jim): ...

 ...too many places that I need to post. It's inevitable that I miss one! Tour de Fleece, 7/11 I started spinning the singles for TdF 2024 [ Ravelry ], a merino-cashmere-silk blend from Greenwood Fiberworks. Tour de Fleece, 7/12 Finished the singles for TdF 2024 [ Ravelry ]. Tour de Fleece, 7/13 Rather than ply the TdF2024 Handspun, I decided to spin another set of singles. This is Spill The Wine Handspun [ Ravelry ]:

 ...it was a plying day.  This is Grapevine 2 [ Ravelry ]: and the close-up: > Specs: Started 7/7/2025 Finished 7/10/2025 Merino (4.2 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 95.8 yds. chain-ply, 7 WPI   This is Peacock [ Ravelry ] that I started before the Tour: and the close-up: Specs: Started 6/22/2025 Finished 7/10/2025 4.0 oz. Merino-Bamboo-Silk from Lisa Souza 239.6 yds chain-ply, 14 WPI 

 ...in which spinning seems to be the only thing I can handle.  I plied Flahriduh Zen [ Ravelry ] for my third finish of the tour: and the close-up: Specs: Started 6/28/2025 Finished 7/8/2025 4.0 oz. Merino-Bamboo-Silk from Lisa Souza  214.6 yds. chain-ply, 13 WPI  I have a couple more sets of singles to ply, but I might work on an art yarn instead. WIPs Roll Call Worked On: Grapevine 2 Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Finished the singles; ready for plying Seaology (cross stitch) Started 7/5/2025; working on mermaid block  No Work This Week: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]   Japan Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Mom's cookbook (cooking) Peacock Zen Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Website (other)  Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) ...

 ...and I'm getting into the rhythm of it. TdF, 7/6: I finished the singles for Flahriduh Zen [ Ravelry ], a merino-bamboo-silk from Lisa Souza: TdF, 7/7: Rather than ply the singles for Flahriduh Zen, I spun the singles for Grapevine 2 [ Ravelry ], a merino braid from The Yarn Wench. This makes the 3rd set of singles that I have ready to ply: Flahriduh Zen, Grapevine 2, and Peacock Zen [ Ravelry ]. I'll swap to the plying head and ply them one after the other. And maybe follow them by an art yarn. I'm trying not to swap between the regular and plying heads too often because it's a pain and it slows me down. 😉