This past week was completely awful from a work perspective; far worse for Jag than for me, but still all-around crappy for both of us, since it’s hard to not be affected when the person you’re living with is working around the clock, getting on conference calls at 10pm and again at 2am and again at 7:30am, and generally being stretched to the limit by stress and sleep deprivation. Things have settled down again, thankfully, and we did manage to salvage a good part of the weekend with Geek Beer, a really great bellydance performance at the Carolina Theatre, a very fun gaming session, and a nice dinner out at the Federal (mmmm, carnitas). Jag isn’t even twitching any more. Much.

I got basically no crafty stuff done for most of the week, but I ended up doing a lot of spinning this weekend while Jag was otherwise occupied working. This is 2-ply sock yarn spun from a batt that Michelle gave me as a housewarming gift. I don’t think she had a colorway name for it, so I’ve called it “Red Skies at Night” because it has such great sunset colors. It turned out to be sport weight at around 14-16wpi, which is what I was aiming for (I’m not a fan of really thin sock yarns). Not sure on yardage, but it’s about 5oz of yarn, so I’m sure there’s plenty there for socks. I dunked and thunked it this morning after plying, and it dried in just a few hours in the nice breezes we had today. From a distance, it reads as solid purple, but close up you can see all the red/blue areas.

From the batt….

….to the singles….

….to the yarn