Olympics and other fun things

What a great weekend it was. The weather was perfect. Not too hot but the sun was shining and there was a little breeze (Sunday was more than a breeze perhaps - it was darn windy at times!). I went to the Washington County Fair on Saturday and met up with some spinning friends that I hadn't seen in a while. There was Debbie, and Marva and Sandi and Sharon and all the other girls at the RI Spinners Guild. I became an "Official Member" and gave Debbie my dues for the rest of the year. Why not? They have some nice events coming up and I am excited to be able to attend.

While at the fair I finished spinning up my Spunky Club selection from last October which was called Goblin Eyes. I spun it on my drop spindle and plied it on my Louet. I have two more balls to ply but this is the first one

I am not sure what I am going to do with it yet (do I ever really know what I am doing with my yarn??).

I finished plying Rose Garden.


That was originally spun for a small pair of socks but I don't have enough. I might combine it with some other handspun and make the socks. Still deciding on that.

I have more roving sitting in the sun and have pics of the last little experiment. I love the way it came out. I am going to try some natural dyeing next. I read a great article in Hobby Farm Homes.

Progress on THE sock? Look at my last post - it looks about the same despite the fact that I knitted on it for a good portion of Sunday. I messed up somehow and had to frog it back to where I started. It has taken me 2 days to even look at it again. Thank goodness I have till this weekend to finish.