Here’s the start of my merino/mohair spinning. Fine little singles, in just beautiful colors. Coppery browns with medium blues . . . ahhhh.

It’s the start of a long holiday weekend here in the U.S., and I got out of work at 2:30 today–which was particularly handy since I had some cooking to do. My sister, BIL, niece and nephew are coming down on Sunday, and I’m making dessert (which I always enjoy). And there was one part that needed to be done in advance, so that extra hour and a half this afternoon was really helpful, and I left the kitchen smelling of lemons.

There’ll be some baking tomorrow, which will be handy–it will fill the house with warm, cozy smells on a wet, rainy day. Because, yes, we’ve got another rainy weekend coming up. (See? This is why most of my favorite activities are indoor ones–the weather doesn’t matter nearly as much that way.) Chappy’s a little depressed about it, though–but having his four other favorite family members visiting on Sunday will definitely help take care of that!

I’m almost done with the second sleeve of my sweater. Just the last color stripe and the cast-off, and then weaving in a few ends, and we’re done.

Because, you know, I usually weave ends in as I go . . . or at least section by section . . . so there won’t be too many at the end. This is usually a helpful, wise, and efficient method.

Yes, I said “usually.” Because I have another problem with that sock. (You know, the one I showed a couple days ago, whose yarn got snarled in my purse’s zipper, so that I had to cut it loose, thereby becoming the first sock I’ve ever had to attach a new length to in the middle.) Well, this time, it was entirely my fault. This sock is unusual for me, because I started at the cuff rather than the toe . . . and I’ve done this before mind you . . . but when I tried to try the sock on last night, after knitting the heel . . . I couldn’t get it on. I cast-on too tightly. (Sigh). Now, I refuse to tear out the entire sock. I mean, for heaven’s sake, I knitted the heel with reinforcing thread and everything. So sometime this weekend, I’m going to unpick the cast-on, pick up the stitches, and cast it OFF with the EZ sew-off cast-off that I usually use on my toe-up socks.

The potential problems? Beyond the obvious? The fact that I’ve already woven in the yarn-end from the beginning AND I knit the cuff in a contrasting color, which means the end from the color change is woven in, too, and I’m not entirely sure that I haven’t woven that end into one of the stitches I’m going to need to unravel. And also that I’m going to need more yarn than unravelling one row will yield . . . which means I need to either attach fresh yarn for the cast-off, or I’ll need to unravel two rows . . . Silly. It’s entirely my own fault. I haven’t had this trouble with OTHER cuff-down socks I’ve made, but . . . stupid of me!

Okay, I want to get some spinning done before bed. And I’ve only got about 30 pages left of my book, and I’d like to get that done before I go to sleep, so . . . have a good night everyone!

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