Fibre, fibre, fibre, fibre, yarn, yarn, cat.

New fibre, new fibre! Gorgeous Shetland/silk from Warratah Fibrecrafts, plus equally lovely BFL, merino/angora, and alpaca from FreckleFaceFibers.

I have lots of time to spin this evening, since I’m stuck home again instead of going to knit night as planned. If it weren’t so damp outside (beautiful, warm, and sunny, but the snow is melting so it’s messy) I’d be on the patio with the wheel. Instead, I think I’ll park myself next to an open window. Almost as good. Maybe better, since it’s not quite warm enough to sit outside without a jacket, and that might get in the way of the spinning.

There’s some knitting on the agenda, too. My Forest Canopy shawl is more than half-done, and I’m starting to get a little anxious to see how my handspun blocks out. It’s in my knitting bag at the moment, but I know I’ll reach for it tonight before bed–there’ll be a new ep of Criminal Minds on, and I’m incapable of sitting still for an hour.

I have two new skeins of handspun. The darker yarn started out as a braid of Fleece Artist merino, and the pink yarn is the roving from Handpaintedyarn.com that I photographed on the bobbin a few days ago. Both are about 10 WPI, and 3 ply.

I’m kinda thrilled with the pink merino, honestly. It’s a 210-yard skein of squish that’s as stupidly soft in yarn form as when it was a pile of pre- drafted fibres. I’m slowly learning how to loosen up and not keep such a death grip on the fibre, which is resulting in yarn that’s not quite so dense. Whatever I choose to knit with this, I think it’ll have to be something that’s meant to be worn against the skin.

And that’s enough rambling, I guess.

Before I go, I have one question. I know that Pi is a fairly ridiculous cat on a regular basis, but can anyone explain what he’s doing sleeping face-down with a ball of yarn against his forehead?