You've come a long way, baby.

I'm off work this week. In theory, it was a mini-vacation to rest and lounge and basically do nothing requiring more effort than knitting or spinning or putting in a new DVD. In reality, it's turned into a late spring cleaning/redecorating binge. Something to do with feeling nesty, I think. I put up some new lighting in the living room, built a chair and table that I bought at IKEA, scrubbed the bathroom (yes, the entire bathroom), rearranged the library/bike storage/music room to make it into a dining room/library/music room, cleaned the kitchen (twice), and pulled out and reorganized one of my yarn and spinning stashes.

Guess what I found?



My first handspun. That's 2 ounces and just a bit more than 6 yards of Ashland Bay deep green variegated top, spun incredibly thick and thin on a drop spindle from eBay. Then, for some reason, I decided to ply it with bright orange thread. Maybe it was the first thread that came to hand? I'm not really sure about my thought process there.

So. Hooray for growth and change, hooray for nesting my way to a really cute apartment, and hooray for a fairly steep learning curve. Now, I've got a headache to vanquish, birdcages to clean, dishes to do, a brand new chair to make a place for, some clothes to give away and a dresser to build.