Finally!

I know, where I have been all this month? Well, it's been hectic! I spent the first week trying to get over my illness (still have a lingering cough), the second week was Valentine's Day week and we had guests come to stay with us, last week was crazy with work and going to the Stampin' Up! Regional seminar (fantastic, btw), and here we are to this week!

Forget the first week, I was a lame duck.

Second week, we went to a great dinner at Kona Grill, an island-infused restaurant here in town. We had such a nice evening and then went home to relax with the pups. Friday, two of F-bomb's friends came to visit, one for a conference, one for pleasure. Boy was it a frat house! I stayed up remarkably late with them most of the nights they were here. Talk about an exhausting week! I also had a stamp club meeting that went very well and we had a guest decide to join the club, which was very exciting too.

Last week I started taking a yarn-spinning class. First we learned about drafting and learned how to use a hand spindle. Then we started spinning! I was just awful for a while, but sort of got the hang of it after a while.

This week we took the wool we'd spun and "reverse" spun it into yarn. Now that was exciting! (And so much more rewarding than spinning the fiber, for me anyway). So, here's a couple of pics of my very first yarn:
















Please be nice with the comments--I know it's not the best yarn ever spun! But I did it, so I'm very proud of it anyway. It's also a darker shade of royal blue than it appears in the photos. I still have some of the wool left over, so I'm going to try again this weekend.