More of the same!

I learned a couple of things today. First, a lot of people use Ravelry to keep up with blogs. Second, the Rav URL for my RSS feed was still pointing to the old domain. Third, even if the feed URL had been correct, there was a small error that prevented said feed from validating. *facepalm* I guess that explains why it’s seemed so quiet around here since I switched over. (It’s all fixed now. I hope I haven’t lost everyone.)

I wish I had a local source for spinning fibre, because I have two braids left and a whole week without any shifts at work. All right, so my bedroom could use some reorganisation, my loom could use some attention, and I have some knitting projects I could be working on. But. But! Well, you know how it is.

Fibre: FreckleFaceFibers’ Alpaca/Merino/Silk roving in Vintage
Details: 2 ply DK weight, approx. 77 yards

I meant to save this until I was much better at spinning, but it was so soft and pretty. A little slippery, but not enough to make it difficult to work with. I keep ending up with yarns that are dense and tightly spun and plied, so this time I tried to keep it a little looser and softer. It worked! The resulting yarn is nice and squishy.

The colours look rather washed out in the photo, but they’re gorgeous–dusty pinks, creams, and a bit of tarnished gold. The yardage is a little short for an entire project, but if I can find a pink or cream yarn to coordinate, then I have a hat idea that might work.

On the knitting front, I started a cowl last night using a stitch pattern out of one of my reference books. I’m using my handspun, too. Yay!

I’d planned on four vertical repeats of the lace, but the ball of yarn isn’t shrinking nearly as fast as I anticipated. I can definitely get five repeats, and maybe even six. I want to use as much of the yarn as I can, even if that means the cowl turns out rather tall.

It should be finished tonight, I expect.

All crafting aside, it appears that I’m close to the number of hours required to quality for EI. I’m still working casual (and expect to be doing so for several more months at least), so EI will fill in the gaps on the weeks I don’t have any work. If all goes well, it’ll mean I can afford to move into my own apartment again, which is pretty much vital for me if I want to maintain some manner of sanity. I’ve been feeling the anxieties and panics creeping back in again for the past few months, and the last thing I want is to end up like I was before, especially since, thanks to my year in Moncton, I now know what it feels like to not be in a constant state of stress.

I might not be so prone to panic and overwhelming anxiety if I could just learn not bottle things up. To, instead, just stand up and tell people point-blank when they’re being childish, materialistic, selfish, self-centered, hateful, obsessive, wildly illogical, or just plain batshit crazy, but, well. Nobody ever said I had a spine.

And that’s enough about that. I’ll go back to pondering important things, like whether or not I should insert my finished-handspun posts into my FOs category.