Since the beginning of July, I have been spending time spinning every day because of the Tour de Fleece. This has been fun for me and I've been spinning some pretty yarn using Phat Fiber samples that I have accumulated over time.
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| Samples sort of separated into color families |
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| Seamus making sure the samples don't escape. |
This is my favorite of the yarns I have spun so far, along with one of the batts from which it was spun.
The next day I made batts from the green and purple samples.
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| Seamus once again being a helper kitty |
My other goal for the month of July is to return to reading more. I used to read incessantly, but since I have been knitting and spinning incessantly, the reading time has lessened. This stack of books is residing next to my bed so I don't have to go searching when I am looking for something to read. I just finished Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart. I have been a fan of hers since my teen years and truly enjoyed re-reading this book. I also want to revisit her Merlin series. I discovered three of the four books when I was cleaning some boxes of books out of the basement. (It seems there are five books in the series, Wikipedia knows everything.) So now I have two books to look for when I visit used book stores.
My final July project has been a giant granny square afghan using leftover yarn. Here it is as a baby.
And now almost done-it just needs a border. (The colors are brighter in person.) I really don't want to stop because it is so much fun to choose the next color, so I can see another afghan quickly being started. I have been looking in the book Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs as my inspiration for beginning the next one.
Time for lunch. I have a local tomato from the Canton Farmer's Market that is going to become a yummy cheese and tomato sandwich made on home baked bread from the market. Delicious!
