#Wovember2018Challenge

Like many things, I’m a day late.

Wovember started several years ago as a response to non-sheep yarns being called Wool, in England/Great Britain.  Each year they have had a series of articles each day during November discussing real wool and how is it raised (on sheep), harvested (no animals are killed so get over that), processed (minimal is best) and turned into garments (knit or woven).  This year they are doing something different.  Still informative but spreading out to ask people to write about their experiences with a Wovember 2018 Challenge.

Today’s topic is ‘wool count’ –

Now that could be a description of the finest of the wool fibers, the smaller the number the finer the fiber the softer it feels next to your skin.  Numbers under 25 are best, just saying.

Or that could be the number of twists in a strand of yarn, here the higher the number the more twist and for somethings the tougher it will stand up to abuse, such as in socks.

Or it could be the number of skeins/balls/fleeces of wool you own – ahem.  I have reached Sable – Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.  I reached it many years ago.  I first admitted it as I bought more yarn/fiber from a friend who owns a wool shop.  I told her I had enough to use as insulation of my house if I so needed.  She did not see a problem with that.   And that, Dear Reader, is what is known as enabling.

So I’ll try to keep up with the Wovember writing prompts (this is also the month to write a whole novel National Novel Writing Month)

So pick your poison, fiber or words, November is the month for you.   Clicking on the book should take you to Amazon.