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 ;-)