My first Knitalong

I am participating in my first knit along. Not only that, I am triple dipping! First came the chicken then the eggs. I bought Quince's Scarves etc. 2013 collection. Then I found about Piper's Journey KAL; then about Knitabulls KAL and the icing on the cake was Itty-Bitty-Knits KAL.

My Gills Rock is close to be an FO. Technically, I am thirteen rows away from the finish line. However, my plan is to knit an additional pattern repeat. Because that is the only modification I am comfortable making. You can call me a risk taker; no problem.

This yellow mustard yarn makes me happy.

What are you up to? I can't wait to check out your WIPs as I link along Tamis Amis Wednesdays WIPS.

Oh Wheel...

Never say never. Spinning did not interested me a bit until I went to my first fiber festival, the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair. It was there that I saw a spinning wheel for the first time. There were too many wheels, actually. Weeks after, on an impulse, I enrolled in a spinning class with Elizabeth Taylor from Alpaca Fiber Solutions.  Mrs. Taylor was teaching and vending at the Royal Alpaca Challenge here in Georgia. That day it took me an hour and a half to spin the most uneven - thick and thin- yarn you could have ever seen. Uneven and everything it was my first handspun!

Being extra confident that I would learn to spin, I got my first spinning wheel. Is a Kromski Fantasia that I quickly renamed "Cecilia". Is a girl!! 

Cecilia and I have been practicing quite a bit. Is true that spinning has some counter effects: (a) less knitting time and (b) lots of yarn to stash. I can live with both.

It's official:  I'm obsessed.