I get so much done on the weekend

And I had lots of help:

I was skeining the yarn onto a niddy noddy, pulling it from the center of the yarn cake.  Well, if you've ever tried that, eventually, you have a shell of yarn with a big hole in the middle.  I looked away for a moment and when I turned back around, Tyr had her head stuck in the middle of the yarn.  Before I could snap her picture, she pulled it out, stuck her front legs through and layed down.  I had to work to get her out of there because she had no intention of moving.  She was quite comfortable where she was.

Saturday was the day of skeining yarn and running errands (haircut, bank, post office, my sister's to pick up my coat, lunch, Lowe's and the grocery store).  Sunday was a little lazier but I did a lot of spindle spinning and I bundled up some raw Finn locks for scouring:

This is 8 bundles of Finn wool, arranged to preserve the lock structure which will make it easier to spin later on.  These guys got 3 soaks in Unicorn wool scour and 2 rinses.  They are now drying on a sweater dryer in my bedroom (that's where the ceiling fan is).  An interesting fact about Finn sheep is they don't just have babies, they have litters.  The largest number of lambs recorded to one ewe is seven.  That poor sheep had 7 babies!  That's unusual but having 4 or 5 is not unusual.  The fleece above is a lamb fleece and it is very soft with amazing luster.  Finn wool is usually a strong wool and too coarse for my personal preferences but with this one a lamb fleece, it's just lovely.

I need at least 2 ounces of yarn from the Finn for another skein of yarn.  This one will go in the category for medium 2-ply yarn from wool prepared by the spinner.  Unless I do a crappy job with the spinning in which case I'll just bag that category.  Hopefully, these 8 bundles have enough wool.  I won't know until the locks dry.

What did you do this weekend?

Comments

[gayle]

Oh, those poor Finn mamas... Do they still only have two spigots on their udders, like other sheep? That would be a terrible line to stand in, waiting for supper.

[Becky]

Far as I know, theyre built the same as every other sheep. There are a lot of Finn bottle babies.

When I stop learning, Id better be dead.