Mikknit

I use LiveJournal for my personal blog and today, when I actually want to post something, LJ is down. Nice.

In other news, Kerry recommended a fiber processor to me the other day. I still haven’t gotten the fleece I bought in May done - I washed it and carded one batt, then stopped. It had a lot of grease left in it after washing, it turns out, making it difficult to run through the drum carder. I re-washed a batch of it last night after emailing with someone at Morning Sun Fiber Barn - she told me that Corriedale (it’s a Corriedale x Lincoln fleece) has a lot of grease and she’d prefer that I wash it again to remove the excess. I washed one batch of the wool last night after the kids went to bed, hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to wash the other two bags this week. I suppose I’m going to need some more sweater racks for that, though… (sound of displeasure at the idea of going to Walmart or Target for those today). I wonder if it’ll be easier to card after re-washing and if I might want to put the drum carder to work instead of sending it out. I’m sure I could rope Grace into helping with that - last time I carded a fleece she had fun laying the locks on the intake tray while I turned the crank (only after her fingers were out of the way, of course!)

I made some good progress on the second Gentlemans Sock yesterday. I’m only a couple pattern repeats from the heel now and should make it to the heel today if the kids cooperate.