Today is Wet Sheep Day. With my planned weaving project having to go on hold until one of two things happens, I've been catching up on my spinning. Out of a pound of Blue-Faced Leicester, I have two ounces remaining to be spun, although several full bobbins of singles are in the queue to be plied. I freed up two bobbins today by winding off the finished yarn (362 yards) and giving it a good soak in tepid water before hanging it out to dry in our current warm, breezy weather. My Louet wheel (the "ply wheel") is occupied with Silly String which has to be finished up before I can ply more wool. I find myself wishing I had a third spinning wheel and another three or four bobbins! As for the weaving project, the warp took more than half the cone of one colour, leaving me short for the weft. My supplier is out of stock, but tells me they expect to get the colour in by the end of the month. If that does not happen, I have a second cone which I can use as an alternate, although it's not the same shade. I don't really want to resort to that, but the only other option is to wait until June or July to see if the colour is restocked. Meanwhile, I'm spinning up a storm!
Update: And just like that, they restocked the colour I needed!
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