1.) Spinning: I finished spinning and 2-plying some Merino in a colorway I called “Open Water”. I had a hard time color-adjusting this photo, the blue/green/aqua shades are really tough to capture accurately. Merino is my favorite fiber so far in terms of finished yarn, it’s so incredibly soft and squishy, People seem to hate spinning it so much, I wonder if I’m doing something wrong. If HLF is reading this and is interested in this particular batch, let me know.

I’m also working on plying some zany acid green-purple-yellow-turquoise BFL I bought from Poppy Flowers Fibers on Etsy. Miss HLF is also welcome to select this option (or wait to see what’s behind Door #3).

2.) Knitting: Some very very backordered stuff has arrived and I can now continue on the Dad Secret project, which was originally intended to be a birthday gift and now will be a Christmas gift. Sigh.

I started knitting up some Berry Hill Fingerless Mittens (pattern only available on Ravelry, looks like) with the Misty Morning handspun. I really like how these are turning out. I have no idea if this striping pattern will continue, I was pretty random when I stripped the roving down for spinning and didn’t try to keep any particular color order.

I dyed up 4 rovings on my day off, and here are the first two. Longwool fibers like these really suck up the pigments wonderfully and have a gorgeous sheen.

“Karma Chameleon”, Wensleydale top.

And in a shout-out to my boy Keats, “Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness”, Blue Faced Leicester.