octette

this morning was brunch with an old friend, and then the fiber store again. i bought a new drop spindle and some really nice fiber and have spent the afternoon spinning. i’m going to ply this together with some purple fiber, and maybe knit some arm warmers or something.

this is about an ounce of the yarn, and i have four ounces. it took me about two hours to spin an ounce. i think that’s pretty good for being a novice, and the yarn is mostly a nice dk weight, with some spotty patches. yeah, i am pretty proud of myself!

i leave minneapolis on thursday, spend the night in iowa city, and then drive the rest of the way to st louis on friday. i planned it this way so that i don’t have to drive unfamiliar roads at night, plus i love spending nights in hotels. plus i can’t trust myself to be grown-up enough to get out of the car and walk around enough to keep my back from hurting, which means i can’t spend 9 hours driving in one day again.

of course, when i drive to new york i’m going to have to do that, because i can’t take more than two days to get there. on the other hand, i might be able to stop at a hotel with a pool and go swimming and sit in a hot tub for an hour or two, which will certainly make my muscles happy.

blah blah blah. i just like to have plans.