A Year and a Day

In various old fairy tales, a “year and a day” is an important length of time – whether it’s the length of a magic curse, how long somebody has to complete a task, or simply the accepted length of time to remain in mourning (which is much more humane than the typical 3 days corporations grant per year for death in the family these days).

In my case, it’s exactly how long it took me to spin up all the batts I bought last year. I purchased them on January 10, 2020, and finished spinning the last, the Log Fire Batt, on Monday this week.

If I’d been trying to finish this in a year and day (say, to counter the evil spell of some wizard or enchantress…) I’d even have DRAMA since my finger was injured during the final critical days. As it was… there wasn’t a rush and it’s really quite random that this is when I spun the last of it.

I did have to modify my spinning technique to set the spindle in motion using thumb and middle finger instead of forefinger though. I have full mobility now of the finger without pulling at my cut, and I can put direct pressure on it. But I discovered that the lateral motion of flicking a spindle is still not advisable.

Happily, winding off on my niddy-noddy proved problem free. I also finally got around to winding off the pomegranate 3ply from John Arbon fiber I’d finished plying a while back at the same time.

So, I had a fairly productive Monday with regards to handspun. Now I have a bunch of skeins I need to wash and set, including all the other skeins from the Barn2Yarn batts I bought last January.

Now I’m off to do some more felting… I’d rather not discover that my current needle felt projects have taken over a year, and the only way that doesn’t happen is if I work on them regularly.