Another New Toy

First things first. Signups for Sock Madness lasted all through the weekend but they're finally over and our roster is complete. I am excited and relieved more than words can express.

Because of the ongoing Sock Madness signups, I was pretty much glued to my computer all weekend. Thankfully, my newest toy arrived on Friday. It's a Dell Inspiron 1505 and so far I'm loving it. At the very least it's enabling me to blog on the couch and that's a very good thing. It may need a name though. I'll have to think on it.

I did tear myself away from the computer a little bit this weekend and most of my distractions were fiber-related. Charlotte and I spent a little quality time. Every time I sit down with Charlotte, it makes me so happy. The spinning gets better and makes a little more sense. This weekend we spun up the rest of the purple & white coopworth and plied it too. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it. I'll know better after it dries and I start knitting it up. There's about 133 yards in the skein so I think I'll try to make a hat with it. That should work.

I did a little dyeing this weekend. Some of it is secret stuff that I'll share at a later date. This isn't a secret though - it's Romney that I dyed with more of my Cushings acid dyes. I'm not usually into yellow but it was really calling me. I'm also really excited to try all the different fiber I can so I dyed the romney rather than more coopworth. After it dryed I really didn't like the feel of it and the colors had mellowed out a lot.

I'm ok with the way the color looks now but the feel is kind of rough and unpleasant. Is romney always like that? We'll see how it spins up.