Episode 15: Work Smarter Not Harder

<p>For photos and links, please see the <a href= "https://fiberatthespeedoflife.blogspot.com/2020/04/episode-15-work-smarter-not-harder.html"> blog</a>. <br /> Finished objects:</p> <p>Michelle finished skirting this brown and white Icelandic fleece. She cleaned and put away the drum carder.</p> <p>Michelle finished her online master rain gardener class. She just needs to build her rain garden. The digging has begun to get rid of the lake at the end of her driveway.</p> <p>The rain garden will extend along the driveway. We started the digging in the clay at the end of the driveway to drain the lake before continuing to dig. The next day most of this puddle was gone.</p> <p>Although Michelle dislikes sewing, she decided to make covers for her patio chair cushions after the old ones disintegrated at the seams in the wash. It would probably look better if they were fitted, but that may be beyond Michelle's abilities...or willingness to sit at the sewing machine.</p> <p>Michelle also made a travel case for her felting needles. She's not traveling these days, but has been wanting to make this case for a while. Now it's ready. The needle pad is glued to the lid on the bottom, so it can be easily used when open.</p> <p>Erica finished her first sock for herself! She is quite proud and as she is not really a matching sock type of person, she has been wearing it already. :)</p> <p>Spun Yarn</p> <p>These yarns have not yet been wet finished, in fact Erica's wet finishing bin is starting to spill over!</p> <p>Grafitti Interrupted Organic Polwarth split in half and spun to bobbins and plied.</p> <p>First Impressions this is a spin that Erica has been wanting to do for some time. The colourway is beautiful, as is the resulting yarn. It was a colorway from Bee Mice Elf, who as regular listeners will no doubt remember is no longer dyeing.</p> <p>Advent Calendar one more plied yarn. This was a great colourway, again no information on the fiber content, but a lovely colourway.</p> <p>Works in progress:</p> <p>Michelle has been wor