What's Up?

I'm surrounded by a ton of "should do's" and "have to do's", but I decided to pick the "wanna do" instead. I honestly was a bit relieved to log on and see it has only been a month since my last post. However, it has been one whole month. Darn! I really need to be better about this.

It isn't that I haven't been crafting, or not taking pictures, but I've just not been in the mood to download photos or write. Tonight it hit me to do them, mostly because the "should do" sitting next to me is uninspiring, the "wanna do's" need washing and are too loud for after the girls' bedtime. So...here I go.

What's up in my world? Well, let's see:

I've been spinning

I think this was the picture of my first batch. Since then I've spun and plied and soaked and dried and now have two tiny skeins. I plan to do more and then Kool-Aid dye it all at once. It isn't even but not bad for a first try. I actually saw the skeins the other day and wondered where I'd got them from, before remembering I did it. That, to me, is a good thing if I can't tell it wasn't purchased or given to me from someone I'd respect much more than myself.

I finished my socks. Yes, I actually started a pair just for me. I started mine before the ones for my girls but didn't work on mine to be done in time for Christmas. I got lucky when I was stuck at a routine oil change for three hours instead of the normal time and I knit on the last of the sock. Then I took it on vacation (to Lancaster, PA) and I didn't have to drive. I was actually pleasantly surprised to find I could knit a bit in a moving vehicle without motion sickness. That's a weird first for me, but I was silently celebrating my good luck. It didn't take much longer once I was back home to finish the last bit and cast off. They're beginner socks and I can see the "errors" but I love them nonetheless. I put them in the drawer to save and gave them their test run just last week on one of my fever days (four in a row). I love having cosy handmade items to wrap up in when I'm not feeling well.

Well, I think that's enough for tonight. I hear thunder again and I'm getting sleepy. More to come...works in progress and a completed baby outfit.