And now for something completely different....

I actually did some knitting this week!  I finally picked up the capelet again and started on it.  I've started the neck, and I think after that is finished I only have the buttonband to do and it will finally be DONE.  Though you can't see progress, so no picture yet.

And - I bought a donut maker this week.  Though the plain recipe wasn't all that, I'll be trying other recipes. :-D

And even though the recipe wasn't all that, it was very hard to not eat them all. :-/


I of course did some spinning - I finished the single of the art yarn Tuesday night at Spin Club (luckily I had taken along a phang and a Russian spindle!) and plyed yesterday.  It doesn't look so arty now though:

I'm thinking of doing a cowl with it - thank goodness the pattern I'm looking at uses two strands, as I don't know if I could deal with the uneveness of it. :-)

The Babe project is plyed and washed - there is a lot of wool there. :-)

It sure feels nice. :-D


And your weekly puppy pic:

Fail

Sigh. 

It looks good, it feels good, but boy howdy does it wobble.  East Indian rosewood, too.  Sigh.


WIN!

It's unfinished as of yet; thankfully no wobble.  And it feels so so smoooooth. :-D  This is Honduran rosewood - what a difference between the two!  It will be interesting to see what the Danish oil does to it. :-)

I found something to keep them in on Friday:

Pipe stands!  A little dusty, but they cleaned up well!  I'm going to try a piece of felt where the bowl goes so the spindles don't slip as much.

I tried making a ring this week:

Not sure how well it will hold up, but I love the stone.  That top wire isn't quite 'done' yet.


I haven't been spinning, weaving or knitting, but want to get back to all of it.  Maybe I'll get in gear this week.


That's pretty much all I got, except for this:

Still spinning!

Though of course not getting a lot accomplished.  I did ply this:

I have no idea what type of wool this is as it was unmarked in my stash.  I was aiming for laceweight on the Mazurka, but after 2-plying it it doesn't look very skinny.

I'm plying this:

This is the Babe project that has just about everything in it; also a 2-ply.  I'm about 2/3s through the singles.  And the merino/yak is finally dry, and I love how it feels:

The churro lamb fleece is cleaner, though there is a lot of v-m in it.  I'll probably end up combing it:

Doesn't it look a mess?!!!

I'm hoping to get out to the woodshop tomorrow and make some more spindles - my other spindles are getting lonely!

I visited my mom this weekend and we went to the 'flea market' store, where I found this awesome vintage Mouli shredder in great condition:

It works so easy and so fast, and super-easy to clean!  I'll probably put my food processor in storage and use this instead.  I may actually start cooking! :-)   And I need to find another one for my sister - she fell in love with it when using it to make apple dumplings, and I'll do a lot to encourage her to make apple dumplings. :-D

And for my other sister:

I was actually a bit surprised she put up with the Big Lug joining her on the couch, but she didn't seem to mind - they stayed up there for quite awhile. :-)