I finished the first Yarnivorous sock last night.

And promptly whipped up a toe for the pair. Somehow I’ve also found the time over the last few days to spin this:

On a drop spindle. With advice from Lynne and a website called ICanSpin with great little video tutorials.

You see, what attracted me to spinning wasn’t the idea of producing cobwebby lace yarn, or even smooth 8ply weight yarn. Something in me would go all drooly whenever I saw thick, slubby handspun. Sometimes plied with a fine metallic thread like this:

I’m feeling inordinately pleased with myself. Not just for producing the sort of yarn that I drool over, but because I spun it on the drop spindle. I thought I disliked drop spindling. It seems I don’t, if I have drool-worthy roving to spin.

The irony is, I don’t tend to knit this sort of yarn. I do like it woven, though. But for now I’m just going to put it on the coffee table to admire.

I have a question for any readers of this blog who also listen to CastOn. If any of you have listened to the new episode yet, can you tell me if Brenda has followed through with her aim to base the next series on promoting the abolishion of copyright laws? I love her show, but the last one left me feeling depressed. There’s not much point me listening to a podcast if I’m just going to end up depressed!