…happiness and cheer.
If only we
could only see
such spirit through the year.”

I’m heading out with the boy soon to go Christmas shopping with my Mother-in-law. It should be a good time, but Clark is a little under the weather, and he’s going to miss his nap, so I’m a little worried.

Over the weekend, I finished up a small skein of 3-ply attempted sock weight yarn with my red batts.

I’m amazed it’s still red. A ton of color came off on my fingers while I spun it, and when I washed it, the water was completely red, and the rinse was completely red, and I kept rinsing it ’til it came clean. And the yarn is still red!

It’s not as soft as I was hoping for. The batts are incredibly soft, but the corriedale roving was pretty felted, and the yarn has that same, stick-to-itself quality that the roving had before carding. I bought the roving a year ago and at the time, I didn’t know what to look for. I know better now, but it’s still not a waste. The colors are lovely, and I’m confident I’ll be able to do good things with it.

So, I was originally thinking socks, but I only have 200 yards from three batts. I could spin some more 3 ply for regular socks, or I could make ankle socks (which I do need for some of my shoes), or I was thinking about making a lacy cap with it like Hayden’s. Hers is yummy, and I want it.

What to do, what to do… and there’s the rest of it, still. I have a total of 2 pounds of the roving and silk to card and spin in red, lime green and teal. A few pairs of socks and a scarf? Something like that. It was only after I spun the 3 ply that I looked at my Koigu and realized it’s only 2 ply.

Abby was sick-ish this weekend, so she stayed home from various activities and played on my spinning wheel.

She didn’t like the romney roving I let them use over the summer, so I gave her some Merino top and made sure she knew it would be more difficult. She’s doing really well.

There are so many other things I’d like to talk about, but they’re Christmas gift related, and I can’t.

Off to shop.

Good morning! This week was the opposite of last week. I did my exercise, and ate an entire sweet shop’s worth of cookies. But I’m trying.