You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

Well I have been busy busy busy! On saturday me and JFC went to Tauranga to visit Gay, the woman he bought my wheel from, and she taught us to spin (thats right...US...JFC got in on the action as well). Gay was absolutely fabulous, she told us all kinds of amazing stories and was such a great teacher. She even had a notebook full of home-spun yarn samples that she had dyed herself with all kinds of organic things-from onion skin to lichen to bark and leaves. That little heap of crazy yarn you see sitting towards the bottom there was our accomplishment for the day. It was so fun. The fleece was from her sons farm down on the South Island. I have been practicing ever since (hence the yarn you see on those bobbins)...but I think it will take a bit of time til' i really get the hang of it. Still...what a fun thing to practice! And to grasp the entire craft...from the sheep (or alpaca, or bamboo or soy plant!) to the finished beatiful handknit sweater (insert sigh of satisfaction here)...it just feels good.



And of course there has been knitting in the mix as well. I finished my knee socks using my hand-dyed ugly yarn:) And I love them!! And I love the 2-circular needles method, these socks only took me about a day or 2 each working on them when I felt like it/had time. Very efficient...I could easily finish a pair of shorter socks in one dedicated evening.

And to top off all of the excitement...I cut off most of my hair. As I watched the hair dresser snip snip snip I felt a bit anxious...but now that it is over and done with there is definitely a sense of a relief. I have put my hair thru a lot in the past 10 years...from dying it every color of the rainbow, to one horrible perm...a million bad haircuts...and dreads to finish it off...it needed a break. It needed some time to just be loved au-natural...so here it is. The rest of the damage has been cut out and all that is left is my natural hair color and ends that aren't split in 10 different directions. It is a bit shorter than I would like...but it should be to a more comfortable length in a few months. (insert another sigh of relief here). A fresh start.



Edited to Add: I almost forgot! I just wanted to say thanks for all of the nice comments on my bubble pullover! Talk about boosting a girls self esteem. Oh and it took me about 2 weeks I think...give or take a few days.