Lately...[Wedding in a week]

I've been absent lately, I know, I know. I think about posting pretty regularly but things have been so busy, I've been stretched too thin. The wedding (WHOOT!) is in a week from tomorrow, and things are going great for it. I have a few more things to do but otherwise ready to go. One big thing I have left is music. I'm not sure exactly how to arrange it, I guess I'll download from spotify. I still don't know who's pushing play!

I was going to have an art show this month, but had to cancel. My father passed a few weeks ago, and going to visit him while he was still living took over a week of art time. I'm glad I saw him though, got a bit of closure, and I'm glad he's out of pain.

Coming up is Camp NaNoWriMo, in April. I plan to write Aether's Heir (working title) during the month, and get my career as a writer going!

Lately I haven't really been giving love to my spinning. I was busy doing other things or just never up in my studio. I love spinning really and I was missing it.

So I finally finished spinning this lovely merino silk top from En Ulden Affaere in the colour petroleum. I bought this a while back (aug 2011). I love the colour it is so lovely. I spun it on my Lendrum with a Woolee Winder on the second whorl slot. The plan is to ply it a 2 ply for a shawl. 

I don't usually do the whole amount of fiber at one time when I am spinning, but separate the fiber I have into 1 ounce sections and spin one section at a time, then wind it off onto weaving spools then after I have all of the fiber spun I then will ply them. This gives me "permission" to switch around fibers so that I don't get bored. My spinning tends to be very fine and it can take a while to spin a large amount. Right now I have many different fibers going at once and when I was done with this last ounce I realized that I ran out of spools! Knitking cone winder to the rescue for that last bit and I will hurry and ply that first. 

I love knitting with handspun there is just something about it that is so soothing. From the start this fiber has been destined to be a shawl.

Which shawl would you do with this yarn?