Finally Finished ~

Hurrah!  The birthday socks are now cast off!  Just a week late, but still in the month of her birthday, so I think that counts as a wonderful and timely gift!  As she saw me casting off, I asked if I should wrap them for her. She said she would rather just have them now since they would not be a surprise. So, as the first one came off the needles, I handed it to her to be sure the cast off edge was stretchy enough. She tried it on and it was perfect.  She waited for me to cast off the second one, and I handed it over for her to try on, and it was perfect too... and I asked for them back so I could weave in the last cast off bit of yarn, and she said, "Nope, they are done now!!!"

 

I've not seen them off her feet since then!!!  Hurrah for kids that love their hand knits!!!

Perfect Cake ~

I am very pleased at how this yarn has turned out.  Most of the plys are just as I wanted them, a tight twist like my beloved Jitterbug or Koigu.

 

 I still have lots of practicing to do in order to be consistent, however that is the fun part of this spinning adventure I am on - it is FUN to practice and look at the wonderful results!

 

My goal for Mothers' Day is to cast on a project with this lovely yarn!  I have to measure it first to see how much I have....stay tuned!

Almost done ~

With the lovely weather, I was able to knit more on these birthday socks today. I was helped by a very large cup of iced coffee, and thankfully it is one that I kept refilling from my lovely coffee maker!  I still love this yarn, although the dark parts of the multi-color are the hardest to knit with the pattern, so I'm already dreaming about the next cast-on socks for this daughter is going to be some wild rainbow bright yarn....

I just may have some wild rainbow bright yarn in my stash..... (ya think???)

Happy Birthday ~

Happy Birthday and another PR for this one...good times.....:)

Perfect Ply ~

I was finally able to begin to ply this beautiful 50/50 merino/silk fiber. I was a little nervous to begin, as I have been Navajo plying for the last several plying yarns and wondered if I could go back to a two ply with any control.  I was hoping desperately for a Jitterbug twist or Koigu ply, where the two singles are so neatly piled on top of each other, almost like a horizontal stack...does that make sense, can you picture that?

As I started plying, the singles felt so smooth going through my fingers. These colors are so fabulous and they were combining in such a lovely barber pole of colors, and other times the same color would ply together making it a surprise of what colors would end up as the primary color when all was done. At one point when I leaned over to move the bobbin, I stopped and stared..... as there was a perfect Jitterbug ply... for a little bit of length, there was a perfect twist...be still my Jitterbug-lovin' heart!

Perfect ply for me....perfect for this lovely yarn!  Perfect for this spot in my spinning journey!  I am thrilled!!!

Double PR ~

Great day today, absolutely great day!  Thrilling to be standing in the pouring rain for almost four hours and able to watch my oldest daughter run her fastest mile EVER!  Yes, she ran a PR (personal record) in the pouring rain (yes, that could also stand for PR!) and it was beautiful to watch. She passed three other girls and looked strong and solid through the entire race, stunning to watch her fly around the track!  Arriving home to find that youngest daughter had also had a tremendous track meet (so sad I couldn't be in two places at one time!) and she ran her fastest mile EVER as well!!!  Yes, a PR for her too!!!  In fact, she had just run a PR on Tuesday and beat that time by another 7 seconds.....

Oldest daughter decided to break down their lap "splits" to see how fast each lap was..as there are 4 laps in the mile and only 10 seconds separate their times.....as she said, "Yikes, she is catching up to me!"  Good that oldest daughter is still a bit faster....Stay tuned for the next track meet!!

Zebra Bobbin ~

Look how great my single 50/50 silk/merino turned out! Beautiful!  Lovely!!!  This is the second 2 ounces, all spun, and now I get to ply them, hopefully this weekend....

 

or perhaps for Mother's Day weekend I'll get a chance to do something that I want to do....I want to spin!!!  I want to ply!!!!

 

I want to knit with this lovely yarn!!!  I want to see how the colors blend and shine together!!