Since my first/last post, I spun some very nice camel/silk (60/40) roving. It turned out a beautiful fingering weight two-ply yarn, ~800 yards. I am very pleased with it. I’ve also started learning how to machine knit – and am finding it much more enjoyable than I had anticipated. The process isn’t as relaxing as hand knitting, but it much more likely to provide instant gratification with the completion of a project. So far I’ve made two baby hats and a pair of booties. I got half through making a braided rib hat, but hated the yarn and stopped at about two-thirds done. I haven’t gotten more than a few or several rows done on the Spiral Coriolis socks and I haven’t done anything on the throw still on my loom!
I have already taken photos of spinning project, but nothing yet of the machine knitting – nor have I gotten the spinning photos off my camera. I will do that soon.
More personally, Jimmy has taken a turn for the worse. We have a vet appointment tomorrow and I am afraid the vet is going to say that Jimmy doesn’t have any more time left. Today I am spending all my time with Jimmy; he is now lying by my side. It pains my heart a great deal to know that this may be our last day together – although I am daring to hope that there is some other medication combination that will enable him to remain with me longer.
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