What an odd weekend!
Loren and I had plans to get together on Saturday to wash and card fleece, spin, and visit over tea and scones, however Richard was stuck at the office most of the weekend, due to TelAuc 2006 (and Loren and I have already re-scheduled) Its the first year with the new online bidding software, so everyone was quite busy over there. For the peeps here in CNY, if you are a WCNY member, call and get your bidding number and consider going to bid this week on some fabulous items! If your not a member, you can still get a bidding number for a small fee. I won two fabulous auctions this weekend! A great gift package from Moosewood Restaurant (cookbooks, tote bag and coffee mug) and.. (drumroll) a nice size gift certificate for Mission Rose Quiltery (which is also a FABULOUS yarn store!)  Seriously, there are some great deals up for auction, and a lot of service and merchandise certificates for things you already use and need (oil changes, yoga classes, music lessons, and skads of other things, so go check it out!) You can bid by watching WCNY and calling in, or once you have your bidding number, you can log in, and bid online. Its only day 4 of 10, so there are lots of great things left!
Ok, enough of my non-paid endorsement for PBS and WCNY.. As you can see above, I finished the "Roses For You" targhee from The Spinning Bunny, and I am in love with it. It spun so differently than what it looks like in roving form. I thought I loved the colors of the roving, but I am in absolute awe of it spun! I need another 4oz though, so I can ply it with what is already spun. In hindsight, I should have split that 4oz. But this really is my first spinning attempts, and seriously, I need an excuse to buy more!
My other wool orders arrived as well! Even more wool from Spinning Bunny, more hand dyed targhee in the "fruit salad" colorway, some superwash merino (socks!) brown corriedale, and blue colonial (there in the middle of the picture. That ball looks smaller because I started spinning some last night) And the rest is from an ebay seller, Blue Goose Glen,.. white, lime and peacock blue merino. Sooooooft stuff!
And look at this big ball of wool! That was purchased from a random
ebayer, 2lbs of white corriedale which will be divided and dyed by me
(as well as the other non dyed stuff I bought)
I think I'm pretty set on spinning wool,.. at least for now!
Now with all this said, I had some issues with my wheel last night. It occured to me that I never learned how to switch the ratios on the one flyer I have. Richard and I were able to figure it out easily enough, but I'm having a serious problem with the drive band. On one setting it works fine, but when I move the band to the other, its way too loose. I shortened my band, re-adjusted, to no avail. I think I need to have some more sit down time with Susan and my wheel, or some help from someone once I join the guild. I'll be fiddling with it again tonight for sure, but I think I need to purchase a back up drive band.
Also this weekend, I got out to run some errands, and while out, picked up a dish cloth booklet for Krissy, who is visiting this coming weekend, and will be learning to knit! We'll be diving in my stash for some cotton, rooting out some needles and going over the basics. What better way to learn the basics, than make dish cloths!
On the family front, the kids have spring fever badly. Which is difficult on a cold, damp rainy weekend. But at least its getting green outside (and my allergies are acting up!) We're trying to keep busy with indoor activities, but there is only so much you can do without going bonkers. Get here already warm weather!

Around a year ago on this day..

• I was told there'd be a giveaway? - 2008
• Someone find my tinfoil hat please.. - 2007