I guess you could pack more onto one bobbin than this, but I'm not going to try it. It's pretty much the George's wallet of bobbins. Don't add any more to it, or it'll explode!

These singles are having a soak right now. When the hank dries, the yarn should be perfect for felting. We'll see tomorrow! If it works out, Freakgirl, this yarn is yours.

I cast on for these socks the other day and they are really short and cute. Once they're done I was thinking of crab-stitching the top, to give it a picot appearance. Picot hems on socks tend to feel very thick to me, so I wanted to try it a different way. The yarn is pretty nice, wouldn't you say?

This is what's left to ply of my second batch of corriedale, which is being immediately knitted into this shawl:

I think it's going to drape really nicely. I just hope I have enough yarn to make it a decent size. I should probably have used a slightly larger needle. Anyway.

What else have I been doing?

A little of this.

And that.

And this, too:

My handspun on display:

I just want some tuna. Is that too much to ask? We bought a new can opener since the last one rusted shut and it worked just fine until today. It just won't grab the lip of the can. I'M HUNGRY WANT TUNA. I've opened two cans previously with it to no avail, and now the universe has suddenly decided I should be out $8 and that I can't have lunch.

Tonight we're going to hit the drive-in on cheap night to see the new Harry Potter movie. Alex saw it last week at the IMAX with his dad, but Jeremy and I have not, so we're all going. I should get some good knitting time in, hopefully. I've cast on for yet another pair of socks...I'm making some cute ankle ones.

Spinning has been uneventful. I'm plying my second skein of corriedale (for the Flower Basket Shawl), playing with some BFL that I dyed and I want to try to make a few worsted weight singles yarns for felting projects. Not enough hours in the day! Plus, too much laundry. And in two weeks, these freakazoids will be in town, staying in my house, cramping my styles. Can't wait! Can't wait!

It's a little big, but it's totally adorable. It'll fit her in the spring. Loves it!

It's a bit blurry because I didn't have the greatest light, but she's pretty just the same! This is my new Majacraft and I love it. I've had it a couple of weeks now. It took me a few days of fiddling and getting to know the wheel but now it's worked in smoothly and I like it more than my Lendrum. Eventually I plan on selling the Lendrum and replacing it with a Little Gem, because I love the way the Majacraft wheels have interchangeable parts and bobbins.

This is one of my latest handspun yarns. It's superwash merino roving, hand dyed by me and spun to a fingering weight of about 1800 ypp. I'm not sure of the exact specs because I can't find where I wrote them down. This yarn was spun on the Lendrum and plied in record time on the Rose.

I did complete another skein of yarn, this time in some hand dyed corriedale, but I forgot to take a picture. This yarn I spun and plied entirely on the Rose, and it's my finest yet, at 2000 ypp. I've already started knitting with it: I'm making Evelyn Clark's Flower Basket Shawl. I dyed 8 ounces of the fibre, and I'm in the middle of spinning the remaining 4 ounces now.

Now, have some kitties:

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I know you want this pattern.

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I started out making Grow With Me in the smallest size, but I really disliked how the bodice part turned out. It was way too thick and when I bound off the stitches, the edge flared out. I imagined that once I added the smocking, the bodice would become even thicker. So I ripped back to the underarm, picked up the MC and decreased one stitch at each edge 4 times, then decreased at each edge every RS until I had 46 sts left. I knit 2x2 ribbing (starting and ending with k4) while continuing on with the decreases until I had 38 sts left. Then I bound off next RS row, in pattern.

I made the back exactly the same way, and then for the ties I cut 3 long strands of CC, folded them in half and pulled them through the ribbing at the top. I braided them (each section was 2 strands of yarn), fastening off by making a tassle. Then to finish I took CC and embroidered some simple stars on the front.

The dress is for Jeremy's 9-month-old niece, who'll be visiting us from Petawawa on Sunday. I think it'll probably fit her like a dress at first, and then hopefully she can wear it with a t-shirt underneath as a top when she gets bigger.

I made it out of Cotton-Ease, and I've already tossed into the washing machine. I dried it on low until it was just damp, and hung it to dry the rest of the way.