The wool yardage for the cloak project is off the loom and drying. It was 9.4 yds and 24 inches wide off the loom. I tossed it in the washing machine with a bit of laundry detergent and let it agitate until I was happy with the finishing, and then rinsed it twice. It is now 8.8 yards long and 22 inches wide. I'm not certain that I don't want to full it up a little bit more, after all a cloak should be warm and windproof. I'm not sure it's quite fulled enough for that. I'll see when it's dry, whether or not I'll wet finish it a second time. It will be lined though, so that will help.
I have to admit that I pretty much love how the blue checks feel a bit like a shadow of the brown. So far I've found only one weaving error, which thankfully is very near the beginning of the yardage. How I missed it, I have no idea! I still have time to fix it I think - maybe a good thing I am not sure the fabric is fulled enough.
I've been spinning up some naturally coloured cotton sliver. I have 100 g of this lovely cinnamon brown colour. It is just freshly spun and plied. It hasn't been wet finished yet. If I simmer it in some water, it will likely darken and redden up the colour. There was almost 250 yards, after plying on this bobbin, plus another 32 yards which were on a bobbin that I'd forgotton I'd had, which tricks me every time I use it. There is something which binds inside and stops the bobbin from taking up properly. I've run a round file through it, cleaned it, oiled it etc and still it doesn't work right. I should mark it in some way, to differentiate it from all my other bobbins which work spectacularly.
The kitchen sub-floor is down and the vinyl flooring is about to go down. I'm currently washing dishes in the laundry tub and cooking in a crock pot, which is sitting on the dryer. Hopefully this will all be back to normal very soon.
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