It’s overcast and misty this afternoon which is weird. It was a busy week and I didn’t get much crafting or sleeping done. I did a little unexpected Thanksgiving cooking though.

This,

this,

and this

became these.

After getting that comment about rotting sausage I guess I should clarify that this is wool roving for spinning To clarify even further it’s wool from a Romney named Madison.

I also dyed this mohair yarn (overdyed over a failed previous experiment actually),

this small skein of mystery blend yarn,

and used the leftovers on this handspun I picked up at a guild exchange in July.

I haven’t taken photos of those finished yarns yet.

I have discovered a few things from all this: I prefer using the oven method (cooks faster), I need to use a lighter hand if I’m going to be using liquid dyes or it all become a gross puddle of brown, it pays to be very very generous with the vinegar and use a whole lot of kool aid, and no matter how many packets of different flavors I buy I will end up with just grape and lime in the end.

In other news I’ve put this up in the shop. We’re calling it Yarn Noir. It’s superwash.

And got a photo of my big state-of-the-art workroom (also known as the den) and spinning support staff. And my wonderful Lendrum.

The grey fluff beside Winter is not roving.

And this is what I’m spinning now.

The knitting group was fun today. It was so great to see Erin again after all the working weekends she had to endure the last few months. And it’s always fun to mellow out with Emma (always a very calming presence) and Corrine. I miss Jeannie and hope things are ok with her. And my thoughts are with Beverly (and her sister and niece and nephew) and my sister (and her husband) in Roma. Hope they get to meet for coffee while they’re both there. I love the photos from Scout and Carole’s Thanksgiving. I’m doing my best to wrangle a way to go to the SnB on Tuesday even if we have dinner plans with the in-laws. I want to show off my cables! But it’s Mr. Man’s birthday and I’m not sure if I’ll make it
I’m in the final stretch on the first sock in the Fuzzyfeet pair number 3 for the father-in-law. It’s in a Crystal Palace yarn called Labrador and it looks really homespun so it’ll felt in an interesting way. I’m trying to get the gifts for the people here finished first since I’ve found out I’m going to be flying to Bham on Xmas day. The good news is we got the house cleaned up for this week’s guests but won’t have the Xmas guests we were expecting so we can just relax and enjoy having a clean (but not obsessively cleaned for the parents) house! And I get to be with everyone on Christmas. It’s a good way to work it.

And I’ve finished my first skein on the cable scarf so that’s plugging along.

In health news all that dental work is paying off my teeth feel great! No pain or weird food traps or anything! I woke up with a cat hair or something stuck way up my nose that’s proving impossible to sneeze out so I’ve been sniffly all day. But even though it’s a grey day outside there’s yummy tea to drink, holiday knitting to do, netflix movies to watch, and cuddly pets to snuggle so I’m a pretty happy lady. Just a little sniffly.

Wonder where the yarn for my sister’s poncho is. It was a bargain (for Noro Silk Garden) but it is shipping from Canada and now I’m wondering how good an idea that really was. Oh well. I think I might have a skein or two of yarn around here somewhere…yeah one or two.

Oh and I made Hedgehog Reindeer the default skin for the site so click here if you’re still seeing a punk rock fairy or mocha hedgehog. You really don’t want to miss the hedgehog reindeer.