Time flies when you are having "fun".

I have been working on spinning more of the brown coopworth, but I don't have any pictures to show. The only knitting I have gotten done is on a secret project that I can't show.

The next few weeks will hold less knitting and spinning time. I will be working more hours at my paying job. We have to move 3 labs to another part of the complex and move some offices as well. At first I thought this would be easy, until I realized that we were not moving into an empty room, but instead moving 2 labs worth of stuff into a room that was currently being used as a lab as well. This means that we have to take the "empty" space and try to get our stuff to fit. I also have to move my office. I have been in the same "office" space for about 9 years now and I really like it. To get this all accomplished while still doing extractions and analysis it going to take extra hours and lots of patience.

Now for better news, N decided to "get" swimming. One day he had issues putting his head under the water and the next he was actually moving across the pool with a swimming motion. He is also enjoying the gymnastics class he asked to take.

I am back.

I have done some spinning. Here is about 775 yds of a 3-ply made from 2 ply of coopworth and 1 ply of a mohair/llama/merino blend. Unfortunately I think I am allergic to the blend part. My eyes started itching every time I worked with it. I still have more of the coopworth that I can spin to a 3-ply to add yardage to this.



I also finished one mouse from the Alan Dart Circus mouse pattern in Simply knitting. I decided to make a ballet mouse instead of a juggler. I still need to figure out how to put ballet shoes on her feet. She is about 7 inches tall including ears.

This past week we spent in Holly River West Virginia camping. Here is the campsite after the rain finally stopped. Note that the big white shelter is tilted. The rain the first night overloaded the tarp part and bent 2 leg parts and the ridge pole.


While camping I worked on Egeblad. I decided to follow BrooklynTweeds' idea of using thicker yarn and a doily pattern to make a throw size. I was using Lion Brand's Fishermans wool and 5.5mm needles. It finished up to be about 36" diameter. A little to small, but still looks good.