Time is flying by too quickly!

I have blinked and another week has passed. I find that time goes far too quickly. It is just one big long round of school runs, feeding children and sleeping! I seem to be unable to really savour the time I spend with the children, we are always en route to something and it's always 'quick quick quick'. 

So when there was snow last week we got a snow day on the Monday (woohoo!!!! I love days off school!) and then on Saturday there was a bit more snow so we went sledging. 2 hours of pure, cold joy! All the snow was gone by Sunday, so that was a shame but I am glad we grabbed that snippet of time where we didn't have to do something else!

I have a few finished objects to show off too!

An Almond Comfit hat, using WoollyWumpkins hand-dyed merino aran yarn

A Rose Red tam using Debbie Bliss Andes yarn

And then I had a dream about spinning and whipped up this lovely Jacob Humbug fibre into a DK weight yarn

And then I rediscovered this beautiful Merino/Silk fibre in my stash and didn't know what to do with it because it has so many little splotches of colour in it. 

It reminds me of the Northern Lights! Anyway, I asked on the UK Spinners group on Ravelry, and the lovely ladies on there encouraged me to just go for it. I messed about with the ratios on my wheel as I was going, I did some at high-speed, some slow, some over-twisted, some barely twisted, and then when I went to ply it I did that unevenly too! The finished yarn is stunning, although my camera just cannot do it justice. I can't wait to knit with it!

Anyway, I hope to finish my Leftie shawlette this weekend. I am also spinning some more fibre, but being more patient with it! Add in dog-walks, toddler duties, reading with children and homework and I will probably forget to write another blog post for at least another week!