Well, I have spun up a fair bit of yarn lately. And now it is skeined and the twist set and measured and weighed. I bought a book on spinning with a spindle (Spinning in the Old Way), though I forgot I was looking for a book that covered spinning wheels too because I kind of want to make a steam punk spinning wheel with gears and stuff.

Anyways, here is some green and black yarn that is bamboo and wool. I really like it. I know exactly what it is for, but I am not gonna tell you. The bamboo was difficult to spin. But I started to figure it out. There is another half of this to spin up too.

Here is an ounce of the yarn I bought from Diane ($1 an oz). This is dyed with food coloring - blue and green. I had to add more vinegar part way through. Single ply practicing for something else that is further down.

Fall leaves colors. It was supposed to be green, but I put drips of red everywhere so it turned red all over. Now it looks like fall leaves and I really like it. Also dyed with food coloring and also from Diane’s wool. But this is three ply - navajo ply.

Fawn alpaca yarn. Three ply because it is my favorite. I spun it a little tight, but I still like it. I have no idea what to do with it. It weights about 2 oz, but I wrote down that I bought .7 oz. No idea.

Here is some vanilla and lavender colored wool/alpaca blend, which is a really nice yarn. And there is another half and then some to spin up for this, too. This is next. (Then the remaining green and black.)

Here are my upside-down Monkey socks! I am almost at the heel turn. Every time I try it on, though, it looks the same length. It keep thinking, one more pattern repeat and I will do the heel turn. Yes I am knitting both at the same time on a single 40″ circular needle. This may be my favorite method yet for knitting my own socks.

Spindlicity came out with this “mystery gauntlet” pattern. I spun up the yarn - that is pumpkin orange and gun metal that I dyed with acid dyes. Also from Diane’s yarn. The pattern called for US2 needles, but I needed US 1 to get gauge. This is single ply so I could save a ton of time instead of plying.

Here is some tatted pumpkins that I made this weekend at yet another tatting party. Good fun. A whole bunch of people were there. Though I should stop calling them tatting parties since I was the only one who tatted. Well, grandma taught my cousin Elizabeth, who is 11, the basics of tatting. Elizabeth also spent her time making friendship bracelets. I am going to make another 6 or so pumpkins (we’ll see how many I get before I hate them) and then I am going to tatt them together on a change through just the stem to make a Fall garland for my cubicle.

And for your viewing pleasure. Here is the idiot weirdo cat sitting in a box that is leaning against my violin. Box-loving Freak.

Also, that picture Abe posted for me is an idea for a watercolor painting based on a Regina Spekter song. The lyric is “I can sing this song so blue that you will cry in spite of you.” I don’t know if that comes across, but she will be painted in a cobalt blue dress with cobalt blue in the background and stuff. Her legs will be longer than in the drawing.

Finally, this is our 100th post. Crazy. Flies by. Slowly when you post as often as us.

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