I know, 2 posts in a period of 7 days... I hope you can recover from the shock!

I thought it was about time for a spinning update...

I've been busy spinning the merino that I got for Christmas. It's in all stages of spun-ness right now I have some still to be spun, a finished bobbin of single, some newly plied, and some knitted up! (if you want to count everything and not just the merino, I've also got some wool hanging out to dry and some soaking to set the twist...)

I thought I should show pictures of all this in some of it's different stages...

Doesn't this look like a nice cushy bed of moss?? I love this color...

This green is what's currently on the wheel right now though I'll be done with it soon - about 1.5 more oz to go! I've already finished the first bobbin full.

Here's a picture of the red, all plied and ready to use! I even set the twist. I've been setting the twist of every hank immediately after plying, aren't you proud of me??

Here's a sneak peak of some of the hand spun all knitted up... I haven't blocked the finished item, so you'll just have to wait for that!

I got this silk bell at the spinning and weaving guild's annual yarn swap!! I didn't have a chance to steal the cashmere (any particular item can only be stolen twice *sniff*), and the angora was stolen from me (the nerve!!!), but even though this was stolen from me, the lady that stole the bag of stuff that this was included in traded back the silk bell because she wasn't a spinner. Aren't those lovely colors??? To be perfectly honest, I originally stole this from someone else, it was then stolen from me, I opened the angora and the original opener of the silk stole the angora from me! Her revenge didn't last long though, because it was then stolen from her by someone else... I felt sorry for her though, she originally opened the cashmere fleece and that was stolen from her too...

And finally some nice fluffy black wooly stuff flecked with silver...

Oh wait!... that's some of my daddy's new hair cut... (he really needed that hair cut!!)

BTW - Happy Valentines Day everybody! Or Happy S.A.D. (Singles Awareness Day) if you don't have a special somebody ;-)

I finally got pictures of my sisters Christmas present! This was my 'big project' all last year, and the reason why I didn't have many UFO's through Oct. and Nov.

It was actually started in July. It's beginnings were rather harmless really. I wanted to try out the lace samplers in the 4th Barbara Walker treasury, I tried crochet cotton and size 2 needles, but then I decided that if I used size 8 needles and some pakucho organic cotton, I could make 6 squares or so and give it to my sister as a little afghan... somehow along they way 6 became 9... 9 became 12... and then it was decided that I needed a border, maybe something celtic-ish to go with the lace samplers. Ya know, like maybe 15 ft of cabled border...

The final measurements came to around 3.5 x 4.5 feet.

I finished it Christmas eve... I was weaving in ends in my grandma's guest bedroom while the kids watched a DVD and bounced on me. I lost count of all the ends after 50something, adding up all the balls of yarn I used and the stuff for the seaming, I think it was somewhere in the ball park of 80-100 ends.

...scarf that is...

I realized that I've already posted the obligatory blob-o-lace picture. Albeit the needles were still in, but it'll have to do since I don't think I have any other pictures. But that lets me get right to the FO pics!

My teddy bear volunteered (was press-ganged…? one or the other) to model the scarf, I think he looks quite dashing, don't you?

Details:

• Pattern: A Touch Of Whimsy scarf By Becka
• Yarn: "Alpaca & Silk" by Blue Sky Alpacas - Color: Plum
• Needle Size: US size 5 for the I-cord cast on, US size 7 for the rest