it is what it is

So, I've resigned myself to the fact that my wheel may never come. And I just might have to spindle-spin all of this yarn. Not the end of the world, but after spindling over 2o00 yards in the past 3 weeks (and then plying it all) I'm reeeeally looking forward to not having to stop to wind on any more. Ahhhh, sweet speed. But I forge ahead.

I'd been putting off starting the larger batches of fiber because I was afraid that the wheel would come and I'd be stuck finishing them on the spindle for the sake of consistency. But now that I'm just pretending the wheel isn't coming at all (really, it probably will, I'm just being pessimistic and irritated at the slooooow pace and lack of communication in my wheel purchase process) I've started in on the more labor intensive ones. I think I have one more 50g batch to spin, then from here on in, there's a lot of 100-200g batches, many of them sock yarn. So while progress is steady, it may not be swift.

I'm not doing too terribly though! 6 people have received their yarn, and two more will go out Tuesday morning. Ten more await their yarn. I'll continue to add photos to the thank-you yarn album as I spin and dye.