How did it get to be May already???

I meant to post long before now.  Let's see if I can remember what I've been up to....

Oh I finished the Wisp scarf!

I'm still weaving on my Sky Scarf as well - just finished April. :-D

I've done some sewing.  I made a walker bag for my mom's walker:

I even appliqued her initials on the other side! :-)  Which is a good thing as a new resident of the nursing home has a smaller tote from the same fabric. :-/

I also made a spinning lap cloth:

It's just a bunch of fat quarters sewn together.  Of course the fabric shifted while I was sewing so it's not completely flat, but it works.  It *really* helps with the black I'm spinning right now.

Oh and I stumbled upon a Singer Featherweight in the local antique store!  It's in rough shape as it had gotten wet (so it was somewhat affordable), but a lot of oil got her running again and now I'm giving her a thorough cleaning (sorry about the mess):

I haven't started on the outside yet, but she sews pretty well now!


I haven't done much spinning, though I've been buying spindles like there is no tomorrow. :-/  I'll have to get some group photos.

I also haven't been doing much woodturning; I made another heart spindle but that was in March I think.  I'm hoping to get out to the woodshop this weekend though.


And my latest fascination is fountain and dip pens, so I bought some for my birthday present to me :

I *really* like the fountain pen on the left (Pilot Pelikan iirc *EDIT* - it's actually a Pilot Plumix).  So of course I had to buy a writing desk (because I really needed more furniture ;-) ):

It looks really good there!   And once I get the back back on the hutch I can start putting pretties up there. :-)




And I was scolded for not including a picture of a hound (or 3) in my last post, so here are the boys 'sharing' a ball:

LabGirl had surgery in April to remove a mass on her hip, and despite many many tests the university vets still don't know it was but they're not calling it 'cancer' so that's a good thing. And she seems fine. :-D