Gone Spinning

You'll all be happy to know that the TapWave Zodiac adoption process is going well. I am seriously in love with the little guy and I haven't even gotten the WiFi stuff set up yet so that I can browse the web on it. Probably the nicest screen I've seen yet on a handheld. And stereo sound. Suddenly my Kyocers 7135 Palm OS-based phone doesn't seem as nifty as it once did!

After another long week, I'm about to set off on a little bit of a long weekend, that will hopefully involve both knitting and spinning. As I was digging through my photo archives, I realized I never got to show off the cool things that I dyed with Julie not too long ago.

Candy for the Fiber Lover's Soul

There's not too much better in the world than having a good friend to do creative things with. I am always inspired by Julie who just jumps into things and tries what feels good without worrying too much about the rules. I wasn't really sure if I would like the whole dying thing, but I left her house completely inspired to spin my first Blue Faced Leicester roving into yarn. I can't wait to see how these colors work together when they get spun up and plied.

The rainbow-overdyed skein of Cascade 220 is meant to go into an experiment. Perhaps you all remember that Pooling scarf from Interweave Knits about a year ago? Well, I could never get my Schaefer Anne to do what it was supposed to do because the colors in the skein weren't quite aligned correctly. The Cascade 220 is a much larger gauge yarn than the Anne, but I'm looking forward to see if I'll be able to get it to pool using the same general method.