The start of something new

Hello in blogland! This is my first post to my new blog which I will attempt at keeping updated. A bit about myself - I am a 40 year old wife and mom living in New England. I have been a knitter for about 7 years. Last Christmas I got this from my hubby:








It has been downhill since! I find spinning to be very relaxing. I also got this:

And if my camera batteries were charged, I am afraid to show you what else I recently got. Hint - it spins.

It is two days before Christmas and I am still knitting gifts. I am on sock number one of a pair that needs to be mailed to NY. Guess that's going to be late? I did get the other projects done (3 pairs of socks, 3 hats, a dog sweater, and a wimple) so I guess I should focus on the positive.

As far as spinning I bought some raw alpaca at the NH Woold Tour in October and have been busy cleaning and carding it. I have spun up about 1/3 of the 8 oz. that I bought. My goal was to have it spun and made into a hat for hubby, but alas, another Christmas goal not attained. Thank goodness I have vacation this week!