freee.....for the moment

I'm so happy that my next exam isn't for two whole weeks that I'm taking the weekend off schoolwork to have fun and hopefully knit and sew up a storm. I'll start studying again on Monday, I swear...

Anyway, first up's the spinning update. I bought one bigass spindle.



It's an Ashford, and the whorl is about 3.5" in diameter - I think that qualifies as bigass. I don't know how much it weighs or anything else, but I can get quite a bit of worsted-weight or slightly lighter (not too light - it's rather heavy, of course) onto it. It spins quite well, and now that I've started doing a bit of off-the-leg spinning it goes for a good while.

I made a center pull ball on a toilet roll (I think I need a noste. Or a niddy noste...).



Then I made my first two-ply! Of course it's rather inconsistent, but I love it. And it's a fairly decent amount, so I think I'm gonna try and do up the rest of this green corriedale the same and see if'n I have enough to make something with.



I er....bought some more yarn. Just a little, and it was $4.20 per ball.



It's Madil "All Seasons", 50% cotton 50% viscose, in a lovely rose, and ridiculously soft. I'm going to make Soleil with it, probably rather soon because I want a fairly instant-gratification project, and tanks are like that.

Oh, and the Phildar Jacket is now moving along nicely.



The vertical buttonholes are kind of cool, but they're also somewhat messy. I hope I can clean them up a bit afterward. This front should go along quickly tonight and I'll probably get started on the second one as well - there's a new CSI and ER, so that's lots of knitting time!

Ack! No more Cotton-ease? Nooooo! Now I need to try and order some while it's still floating around but...but...the money...oh well. It's one of my favourite yarns, what can I say? I guess this means I need to buy some, NOW. Leslie, Joyce, you guys want any?

This weekend I want to get some sewing done as well, probably a skirt and/or try to finish up the dress I started last year (it stalled when I had to go buy a zipper). Just to test the waters, would any of you guys be interested in buying bags/purses if I started making them? I usually do a tote-bag style, or messenger, big enough to hold your knitting, with funky fabrics. I'll put up some pics soon. I don't think they'd be very expensive (maybe $25-$50 CDN) and would be easy to ship too. Ideas, ideas.