In Which the Pirate Tallies up 2018.

As usual, more for myself than anything else, but you may find it interesting as well:

PUBLISHED DESIGNS
Just one, the Crossing Trails Hat – but it raised over $50 for cancer research!

INCOMING YARN AND FIBRE
Yarn:
1 skein Classic Elite Yuri from Laughing Sheep (Mom’s LYS)
1 skein Just DK from Shirsty Cat Designs at MD Alpaca and Fleece
2 balls Cascade 220 and 1 ball Cascade 220 Sport

Fibre:
2 ounces silk sliver from MDSW
4 ounces Into the Whirled Corriedale from a fibre trade
8 ounces white Corriedale from a fibre trade
6 ounces Buoy Blend from Hipstrings
6 ounces Shetland sampler pack
8 ounces Dorset
8 ounces Southdown
2.2 pounds custom blend from World of Wool

Total: 5 skeins yarn, 4.8 pounds (yike) of fibre

OUTGOING FIBRE (links go to pictures)
2 batts hand-carded alpaca in a fibre trade with a friend
Finished last year’s TdF project: 2 pounds (!), 718 yards bulky three-ply
8 ounces Corriedale -> 296 yards two-ply for future flip-top mittens
2 ounces silk sliver -> 112 yards chainply, to line the mittens
4 oz Falkland and 4 oz Merino/silk -> 364 yards cable-plied yarn for the Tour de Fleece
4 oz yak/silk blend -> 258 yards chainply
6 oz Hipstrings Buoy blend -> 320 yards two-ply
4 ounces Coopworth roving, sold in destash

Total: 3.75 pounds, 2068 yards (wow)

OUTGOING YARN (links go to the post with the finished project)
1 ball Opal Rainforest, for Michael’s Tiger Tiger socks (465)
2 skeins Cascade 220 for the Crossing Trails hat (220)
1 skein Cascade Heritage Paints for the Cakewalk Socks (437)
2 balls Patons Kroy and some Serenity Sock for the Rainbow Ragg socks (389) (57)
Handspun merino for the Handspun Socks (500)
1 skein Tess Super Socks for the Boulevardier socks (450)
1 ball Cascade 220 Superwash for Michael’s replacement floppy hat (220)
1 skein Brooks Farm Acero, destashed to another Raveler (420)
2 skeins Cascade 220 for the prototype and second version of the “Hollis Hills Hat” (440)
1 skein Cascade 220 sport for the Hollis Hills Hats (136)
1 ball Trekking XXL for Sibling Socks (459)

13 balls / 4193 yards