July 2014 Wrap Up

July was a rather frustrating month of crafting.  I met few of my goals.  I expected to get a lot done because I was home for the entire month, but this turned out not to be the case.  Since I was home for the entire month, I spent a lot of time catching up on home tasks that had languished while I was doing so much traveling between March and June.  It was excellent and necessary to get those things done, but it meant the crafting did not get done.

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The Neverending Spinning

I finally finished the yarn I have been spinning that is made from one ply of pin-drafted undyed cream-colored wool from Ohio Valley Fibers and one ply of an undyed brown 50% Shetland / 50% Mohair blend from Psalm 23 Farm.  I bought both fibers in April at The Fiber Event in Greencastle, Indiana and started the spinning for this yarn at the beginning of May.  I finished plying on July 29, but got so much yardage that it took a while to wrap it on to my niddy noddy so I could set the twist.  I just finished setting the twist yesterday.

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WIP Thursday

I am a day late with my weekly status report!  In addition to out-of-town guests at my house from Sunday through Wednesday, I was dealing with Pepper’s health emergency.  She’s going to be okay, but it took three visits to the vet in as many days.  As a result of the guest and the cat, I did no fiber crafting at all for the past few days.  I was making progress before that, though.

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WIP Wednesday: July 2, 2014

Last Thursday, I got a text from a friend: “Everything alright?”

“Yup,” I texted back. “How about you?”

“I was a bit worried when no WIP Wednesday appeared on your blog,” she responded.

Oops.  I kinda forgot.  Mostly because there wasn’t much to tell, as you already know if you read my June 2014 Wrap Up.  This week, there’s a little progress to report!

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July 2014 Preview

My original July 2014 plans were make a bunch of granny squares and finish the spinning for my OWL.  Thank goodness!  Since June was such a dismal failure, July has inherited June’s cast offs and I do not have to bump anything off my project list.

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