Spin, span, spun

Plied up two bobbins of cotton that have been sitting around for a while. Most of it was spun while doing one demo or another. I was surprised, though. After plying two thicknesses together, there were over 300 yards, for an ultimate yardage per pound of 3120. That's pretty fine cotton, something like 8/2 weight, suitable for dish towels or underwear though not quite the fine lace handkerchief grade. I had no idea I was down to spinning that fine a cotton on the wheel. On the charkha, maybe, but on the wheel it's surprising.

It's time to start collecting stuff in one place for the show in October, too. Now where did I put those silk singles that were so fine? (Not that I can think of anything useful to do with them, but as a show-off item, well...)

Today seemed fairly quiet at work. Though summer reading has a week to go, I think the wind has spilled from the sails now that the pool party is over with. I actually got cataloging done, a whole stack of gift CDs. (In general, the hardest items to catalog are videos and audio recordings, so this is progress.)

Sheep escaped their yard again today because someone (not me) forgot to turn on the fence charger. He got them back in easily enough, though, and turned the charger on after that. A few days with the charger working and they'll forget how to get out again.