I don't know if it is the weather or what, but I have been suffering from major craft ADD. I seem to bop from one project to the next and then to another whole craft and back again. Luckily I have been getting things done and making real project progress. So why haven't I been sharing any of this? Well good question...
My main project today has been some test spindling of some alpaca that I have to see how I would like to spin it and figure out what kind of prep work it is going to need. It is from a mixed bag of raw alpaca fleece that is a couple of pounds and then some. I am planning for sure to spin it dirty and so far this spins pretty nicely.
I also have some of my very first corespinning to share. I have been wanting to try this technique for a while, but for some reason I find it intimidating. So the other night I got a wild hair and just did. This is what it looks like now that it is has had a bath and then dry. I am mostly happy with it, but I can tell some practice will also really help me out. I don't like the bumpiness
it has in sections. I wish that I could get the whole spin to be even and totally smooth but still poofy. That is what I love about other people's corespun that I have seen. I think that this is destined to be 
a hat of some sort as the yardage is around 70 yards.
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