Finally finished my Tour de Fleece project

Argh... I got the last of the singles plied yesterday, and finished winding them off today. Either it's too late to do math, or I got 850 yards of laceweight from 8 ounces of merino. (See the original roving here.) I love the yarn I got - very subtly heathered. I didn't predraft the roving, just sort of danced back and forth across the end, keeping the drafting triangle very narrow. This pulled up the colors better as individuals, or at least only blending 2 at a time, instead of all of the colors just muddling together. I'm very pleased with the effect. I only wish I could show it better in the pictures:


Yesterday was a busy day - besides the plying, we butchered a couple of chickens, moved the sheep, and I picked cucumbers while Madman picked beans. Then I froze 12 packages of beans, and made a batch of sweet pickle relish for my sweetie. (I don't like the stuff, personally, but he does, so I try to keep it on hand. It's actually the reason I begged for a food processor - I had always thought I could get along just fine with a knife and cutting board, until the first time I chopped cucumbers for a batch of relish. I always tell Madman, if he ever doubts he's loved, just think of me chopping all those damn cucumbers by hand, and making him relish...)
And in my spare time, I baked a loaf of bread and made a really nifty cucumber and tomato salad for supper. And took umpty-seven pictures of sheep...
Frankly, it was a relief to get back to work today and get some rest. These days off are killing me...