More cuteness (no surprise there) and some actual spinning (gasp)

My sweet baby goaties are growing. They’re racing each other all over the field, and just being beyond cute. I really enjoy having coffee with them in the morning. I noticed when I downloaded my pictures that most of them this time are of little Renesmee- guess she was more cooperative. So the past few mornings she’s been all curious while I’ve been having my coffee. (and my camera is back- yay).

Evan and Renesmee seeing what's going on

Renesmee "Does this robe make milk?"

Renesmee "Uhhh, nothings happening"

Hey- I have some spinning I can show you- cuz I know you have to be sick of the babies. So here is the first ply of Chimera’s Rocky Road:

Rocky Road

Hoping to have the 2nd ply done in a day or 2, and have it plied by the end of the week. I’d really like to start finishing 2 skeins a week, so I’m going to make sure spinning happens just as much as knitting, instead of merely in addition to. Now I want to show you both skeins of Black Bunny Fibers Good ‘n’ Fruity. The first skein is 2-ply, letting the brilliant colors fall where they will.

2 ply

The 2nd skein I Navajo-plied- chain ply is another name for it. You make a 3 ply out of 1 single by plying the yarn onto itself by making chains. This method insures that your color changes stay together.

3 ply

I had thought that I would like the navajo plied yarn better- with the bright colors and all the white space on this roving. But I think I prefer the 2-ply.

both

What do you guys think? Now I’m thinking the navajo plying might be better with a more subtly colored roving. So I think when I finish the Rocky Road, I may have to do Chimera’s Bittersweet, navajo ply it just to see if that theory works.

Bittersweet

But before we leave the Good ‘n’ Fruity- look what I found my camera (my camera!) can do:

we're in the yarn

I can zoom in in macro mode. Cool, huh?

Now we have some stash enhancement- from my favorite pusher oops, I mean dealer oops, I mean my favorite on-line fiber source. These are both installments from Black Bunny Fibers fiber clubs. This gorgeous skein of yarn is from the sock club

Ribbon II sock yarn

It’s a gorgeous blend of 70 wool/15 silk/15 bamboo. I can’t wait til it tells me what it wants to be.

Next is this gorgeous roving

Mud Puddle

It’s a fluffy cormo-corriedale cross colored “Mud Puddle” and its just dying to get on one of my wheels. Soon, my pretty. Soon.

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words about my brother. Talking about him, and remembering his birthday (and death day) keep him alive in my memory- so he’ll be mentioned often. As a matter of fact, I think I will actually venture back to Boston this spring to do the AIDS walk. I did that walk with him the last spring he was alive. Miss Mad for Knit has gently persuaded me that I can do this (I had swore I would never set foot in Boston again after his memorial- but yes, I think I can do this). So, more on this later.

Miss Mad for Knit had also wondered if I had started the babies on coffee or wine yet? What kind of mother do you think I am??????

Renesmee as I drank my coffee

Hey- whats this?

Mmmm, this smells good

Oh, yea!