I finished something this weekend (finally!). This is the yarn I started on Erin's wheel a while back. It's a superwash merino and was so lovely to spin; I didn't even bother with pre-drafting it moved so smoothly. My finished yarn is about 75 grams and 165 metres. A lovely, squashy (and totally unbalanced) two-ply.


I had a flash of inspiration while I was setting up my Ladybug and jimmied some tension for the bobbins on the Traditional's lazy-kate. You can see that despite measuring out two even sections of wool I've got a lot of extra singles on the second bobbin. I'm not sure how that happened - it seems too big a difference to just be my spinning. I must have moved something to the wrong pile after measuring. I think I'll probably wind it into a centre-pull ball and ply it on a spindle.


Now I have to decide what to make with it.

Rob with one of last year's pine cones.
There were still some seeds inside.

My co-worker and I found this guy when we were walking back to the office this afternoon. It's hard to tell from the picture but he's about two inches long when he stretches out (those are standard paving stones for scale). He was quite bold, working his way up the middle of a well used path, and sported a bit of a mohawk. I wonder what he turns into?