Looking for Sympathy? It's In't Dictionary, Duck!

I'm afraid to say that this weekend wasn't quite as productive as I'd have hoped, due mainly to the hangover caused by the Celtic Society's epic Hallowe'en pub crawl on Friday night... Nevertheless I have made some progress with my current projects and at last I have a couple of photos to show you all!

First off I still need to finish the fox hat, thankfully for me Kez hasn't started nagging just yet - though in fairness nagging may be the only way to remind me to do it. In my defence I'm ill with the plague (no joke, I even phoned my mum for sympathy and to complete my verbal last will and testament: the dog gets everything) and I am also still undecided about the eyes. 

In the meantime I have been spinning away through my mountain of 'Under the Sea' blend for Jamie, as mentioned in the previous entry. I have about nine more rolags to get through and once that's done I have to sit and wait patiently for my new 15mm needles to arrive. I had hoped to head into town on Sunday in order to buy some in person but as I'd missed a day through self-inflicted alcohol-induced pain I realised all too late that the shops I wanted to visit are closed on the sabbath and so I had to make do with eBay and online stores. 

Here are a few photos of the current project, Operation Montreal:

The raw materials: Turquoise Corriedale, Royal Blue Merino,
Grey Merino and a dash of Mulberry Silk. 

Although the colours don't show up brilliantly in the photos I was
quite pleased with the blend once I'd carded it into loose rolags... 

Make that a mountain of rolags! Forty-four to be precise... 

I decided to use a semi-woollen draw when spinning and opted against
plying to ensure that I have enough yarn to knit a scarf.
 In theory it also prevents the effect of the blend being lost.

The first skein of the Under the Sea blend still on the niddy-noddy...

In addition to spinning for Jamie I have just started another knitting project on the dreaded circular needles... It turns out that I am a very conservative (little C - no Tories here thank you very much) knitter and tend to stick with what I know. When I had this shocking moment of realisation the other day I decided to man up and start experimenting more - hence the messing with intarsia last week. Hell, if I can jump from a plane at 10,000 feet then I'm sure I can knit in the round!  

Current Total: £60