Finally making a start on the handspun linen summer blanket (just a big garter stitch rectangle that so far I've only knit out of cotton. The gaps allow free air flow so it adds no additional warmth, but it's still quite heavy and feels like an actual blanket). Of course, still spinning the linen for it. I'm currently on skein #2... definitely will need to spin quite a bit more. I do also have a failed project that used a skein or two of this stuff that I cam unravel though, so that might help.
The little skein is what I just finished up today. Didn't feel like fighting with my wheel to ply a full bobbin--by about 2/3 full it's too heavy to treadle if wetspun, and must be turned by hand. And my wheel's center of gravity was definitely not made with that in mind. Might do exclusively mini skeins of linen in the future, its definitely less annoying.
