Yay! I'm done!.......or not.

Jan 14th: I was so excited yesterday to sit down at my wheel and finish spinning the last little bit of Charollais fiber that I had left in this spin. It has been a very enjoyable spin but I was kind of getting a hankering to move on to another thing.
So I spin, spin, spin my little heart out and then finish that little last bit! I snapped a quick photo so I could share the spun singles here on the blog.

 Then I ran to my room, grabbed the bag that contains my extra bobbins for this wheel and promptly noticed a large chunk of fiber sitting there. Hmm, well, okay, I must have picked out the next thing I was going to spin already. That's okay. It only looked like a one-ounce bump, so no biggie.  And then I glanced at the name on it....Charollais....WHAT?!?!?!?! Aww man! Apparently, I'm NOT done with this spin. It's a good thing I have been enjoying this spin.

So let's talk about Charollais fiber since it looks like I am going to be focused on that for a bit longer.
Origin - France
Purpose - primarily meat but also grow a lovely fiber
Color - Generally white
Staple length - 1.5 to 2.3 inches but this claims to be 3 inches.
Micron count - 29-30.5

Charollais was developed as a breed in the early 1800s by crossing a local landrace and Leicester longwools. I grew up being very aware of Charollais as a cattle breed but had never heard of it as a sheep breed. But my family was definitely more heavily invested in cattle. We just weren't sheep people. And then I learned to knit & spin and it all changed.
Hopefully, soon I will have a finished yarn to show off.
Have you ever spun or worked with Charollais? If so what are your thoughts on it? Once this is plied I may have to dye it up and work up a pair of socks!