Bloop

I've been spinning. I had a brief panic when I still thought that the braid was 4 oz and I. Could. Not Finish. It. Then I checked the label and discovered it was actually 8 oz. Phew.

Aside from that, I haven't been knitting. I made the decision that I would knit myself a zippered sweater, but once I made that decision I kinda fizzled. Knitting a sweater. For me. Not a child. Not in bulky weight yarn (because nobody needs to add that much bulk). Plus I need to swatch and dye my yarn (I have some lovely white alpaca that I can use). Not to mention I'm mentally juggling about 7 projects I want to get to.
So I did what I always do.
Distract myself with something completely different: Spinning-mainly during the olympics- and rereading an author's backlist-she has over 17 books and I'm more than half way done.

loosely based

So I didn't join tour de fleece or ravelympics. I've decided I'm just not a joiner. I don't enjoy being given rules about my knitting or spinning, even if it's loosely based guidelines.

We had a garage sale this weekend, and it was exhausting. Luckily it freed up some space in the garage and basement--we can finally start fully organizing the house.

My camera is still being repaired, so no pictures of the new hat. OK. I'm tired and my contact lenses are burning, so later.

orange

Forgot to post a picture of my Monkey socks (you know the ones that where for me, but went to my sister since they don't stretch as much as they need to). I may steal them back though, she doesn't really like the color orange.
Modifications: shortened the leg portion, my sister and I are big fans of the ankle-ish length for socks. Yarn: My YarnBabies Merino/Tencel blend in Baby Fawkes, which sold out of the shop (I love it when that happens).