Yarn Everywhere!

The two weeks I’m right in the middle of may be the most exciting time for mail I will ever have. I look forward to the postman coming every day because I know he will bring me something new and exciting. I regret that today is Sunday, and that he will not be paying me a visit. Want to see what I have so far?

About half the school books I ordered online.

I’m taking an English course next semester (The Post-War British Novel, 1945-2006), so I get to buy all sorts of fun paperbacks. Usually I just get textbooks.

But I’m sure you don’t care about the books. You are more likely to care about this beautiful roving I got from my ex-boss-that-moved-away (we keep in touch) and his wife, who knits and spins and all of that (hi, Laura Anne!).

It’s 60% Corriedale and Romney, 30% mohair, and 10% alpaca. All of the fiber comes from Vermont farms. It’s by A Piece of Vermont. It came with a card made of sheep poo, which I think is awesome. Soon everything will be made from sheep byproduct!

I’m almost done plying the merino I’ve been spinning (more on that when I finish), and I think I might spin this next. At the very least I’ll spin a tiny bit to try it out.

I’ve already spent all of my Christmas money, mostly on things I’d been meaning to buy anyway. My one impractical splurge was this lovely box of Rowan Felted Tweed.

It’s for a Tangled Yoke Cardigan. Nestucca Bay Yarns has Felted Tweed for 25% off the normal retail price (only $6.95!), so I pounced. I’m not planning to cast on any time soon (must finish Oblique first), but it’s good to have the yarn anyway.

There’s more to come - I ordered a scale so I can finally weigh yarn and fiber and such (my friendly local drug dealer is not so local this year, so I can’t borrow his), and a new and interesting kind of swift. I also won a Spin-Out prize! I have no idea what it is, but Cara said she was going to try to have them mailed out by New Year’s, so I should know fairly soon.

Break has been fantastic so far. I knit for a while, then spin for a while, then knit for a while, then spin some more. Every once in a while my parents take me somewhere. I’m trying to enjoy the rest while I have it, since soon I’m going to start applying to summer research programs, and after that I have some friends coming to stay. Party party party. But now: to finish plying!