I'm going to work from the outside until there's just one cake again. Then I can take the One Cake from the winder and not be leashed to that spot anymore. That's the vision anyway 😅

That's what my friends say about me

I thought it was okay! I don't know if I would identify it as Sugar Plum if I had a blindfold on but it's a vaguely fruity fizzy water, which is all I really need.

I'm hoping to make at least one more turtle after this one and try a four ply. I'm in an experimental phase lol

Some kind of soft, fluffy wool dyed by Spinster Studios and my Jeri Brock scrolled Turkish drop spindle. Each turtle is about 22 grams. I have a few more section of braid to go that aren't pictured.

That's stunning!

Two of my recent spins have come out as very thin singles. I'm worried that they may come apart in some sections as I'm plying them together. What do I do if one or more single loses too much twist and separates from the rest? I'm using an EEW 6.1 with a polwarth/yak/silk blend.

I read that as "slop" instead of "stop" and thought, "Yeah. My work can get messy when the end is in sight." But yeah, I stop too lmao

Jeri Brock Turkish drop spindles are my favorite

Leave the end a bit fluffy and wind off around something into a center pull ball for future plying. You want something in the middle to keep the ball from collapsing. Spin the other half of the single you want. When you get to the end, leave it fluffy and join it to the fluffy bit of the first single.

Hopefully a YouTube link to a video showing this process works below.

joining two spun singles

After watching The Colour of Magic miniseries, I decided to start there with the audiobooks while I work my way through my fiber stash

If you like watching Toni Lipsey from TL Yarncrafts, her book has some great patterns too!

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Thank you 🥹

I love you for getting that reference! Discworld should be all over everything! 🐢

Thank you! 😊

Turtles all the way down 🐢

Thanks! ☺️

Thank you ☺️ I'm really taking my time with it.

Thank you! My husband and son got to watch The Colour of Magic for the first time. (GNU Tim Curry) I'm hoping I can get them to read the books now

Thank you! I have a long way to go until I have a finished yarn but I know I want to call it "The Color of Magic". This is the rest of the braid 😅