It's been awhile...

But I haven't been doing much crafting so there hasn't been anything to post.  I'm trying to make a dent in my fiber stash but y'all know how well that works. :-/   I did straighten up the guest/craft room a bit, since I couldn't walk through it anymore:

I have been doing a bit of spinning.  I'm still working on the cashmere blend on the Penguin,

 though I don't do it often so it's taking awhile; I'm close to the end of the singles.  I do enjoy that Penguin wheel, even though it's a bit slower than a flyer wheel.

Yesterday I got busy and washed the Tour de Fleece project:

and the silk hankie that I had spun on a drop spindle:

It's really as big as it looks - that was not what I expected to end up with!  My spinning was so uneven with the hankie though I had to do a navajo-ply.  It still feels silky though, and I like it. :-)

And I washed a little batt bite that Corgi Hill Farm sends along with most orders (also spun on a drop spindle):

I 'cheated' and spun both singles on the same spindle without taking the first single off - it works, though I wouldn't want to do it with a larger project.  This went really fast - I don't know how much the bitts weigh but there is not a lot there (and of course I forgot to measure the finished (2-ply) yarn).  I think I'm going to start carrying around a spindle and some of the bitts for those times when I have just a few minutes and a hankering to spin. :-) Hmm... maybe I'll make a couple of tiny spindles - they'd fit in anything then.  Whatever I make with the bitts is going to be really colorful (I'm thinking handwarmers)! 

(basket o' bitts)

I'm still working on the Spindolyn project too, and getting closer to the end for that.

I can't remember what kind of fiber this is other than wool, nor if I was meaning to do a 2-ply or a 3-ply. :-/  Better start taking notes *before* I finish the project!

We got a new internet service provider last week - I don't know if it counts as DSL but I can now watch YouTube like the big kids.  And STREAM NETFLIX!!! which is incredibly awesome.  I need to figure out how to set up the laptop so I can watch Netflix and spin/knit at the same time, without the dog(s) knocking the laptop around. :-D

I have some sewing projects that are temporarily on hiatus, plus some new ones I want to start.  And I moved the Harp to another are of the living room so I'm looking at it almost all of the time now - maybe I'll finish that log cabin project one of these days!