What a beautiful sunny day we’re having so far! Nottingham city centre was bright, cheerful, and a pleasure to be in this morning:
In the garden, the snowdrops have reappeared, and the daffs, crocuses, and tulips are clearly on their way. Amazing the difference it makes when you can feel that spring is trying to creep round the corner.
It’s a long time since I spent almost the whole day reading, but today I got absorbed:
There are, it has to be said, much worse ways to spend a morning. It’s wonderfully sunny, too, so the birds are out in force and singing springy songs as the last of the snow melts away from our garden.
Latest handspun:
Natural chocolate coloured alpaca, about 476 yards of light fingering weight. I have to confess to feeling fairly pleased with myself! It was such a pleasure to spin, too - practically threw itself onto the bobbin. I think I’m even more of an alpaca fan than when I was just knitting with the stuff!
It took a while at that weight, though, so I spun some aran weight Falkland this week as a quick n chunky project. Here it is:
There’s about 170 yards there, and it’s my first attempt at a 3-ply so I can see room for improvement but am overall pleased.