Smoke and mirrors

Ahem. In the spirit of full disclosure I’ll tell you right from the start that this post may be written 85% for the reason that I don’t like to see my blog go too long without fresh material to feed its growling belly, and only 15% because I actually have anything to say/show. In fact, that 15% may be a little on the generous side. But, never one to be put off by the thought that I might contribute more useless nonsense to the already saturated internets, I shall mindlessly persevere!

The last week or so has consisted of me telling myself that tomorrow I will get serious about working on my dissertation, then ignoring this entirely and knitting instead, and making the same empty promises for the next day. Which results in masses of horrible guilt, and yet it doesn’t seem to have an effect. So today, I swear, I’m going to the library. Right after I post here. And maybe knit a little first.

There has also been some spinning of late, which produced this:

Spinning this has completely convinced me that I need to buy a wheel. Spinning on a spindle is just frustrating because it takes so long. So, much research has been undertaken, but I’m afraid to order one since it would probably mean death to my dissertation and my masters as a whole, so I think it has to wait.

Anyway, this is 335 yds of laceweight merino, 2-ply, 19 wpi, spun from about half of this roving from Pigeonroof Studios:

There has been plenty of knitting too, but none of it looks very interesting yet, so I’ll save it for another day.

Oh, and guess where I’m going next week? Jealous?

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