At the Eastern Suburbs s’n’b on Saturday we had a yarn swap. Actually, it was more of a yarn dive into a big pool of yarn. Or synchronised swimming, maybe? A few of us donated some yarn, placing it on the floor between everyone. Then a few more upended large bags of yarn over the top of it all.

I dropped in my three little contributions and fished out these:

I’m a sucker for royal blue. And for a bit of glitz. The glitzy yarn will become wine bottle cosies, I think. (One of the girls brought a cabled wine bottle cosy along that was so adorable, I’ve got all inspired.) I’m wondering if there’s enough of the royal blue for a vest. Perhaps combined with another yarn…

The two hours went in a blur of patterns and books and yarn and wool winders and yarn swifts and stories and photos and wips and fos and spinning and weaving and I came home full of inspiration and appreciation for gatherings of crafty souls.

At home I’ve made only a little progress, though. The dust from the bathroom reno had both myself and the beau suffering badly from sinusitis headaches, and I tend to get a stiff neck as a side-effect of sinus trouble. Still, I’ve turned the heel of the Crosswalker Socks. And knitted a gauge swatch for Starsky.

The specified needle size was producing fabric too tight so I knitted a section in the next size up, but when I washed the swatch it grew and it looks like the specified needle will be right after all.

I’ve also chosen another fair isle project: Endpaper Mitts.

And I’m supposed to be mending Dad’s socks and widening the brim of Mum’s hat.

And of course there’s the weaving, which I made only a little progress on yesterday at the s’n’b, with Meagan’s help.

And here’s a shot of the guest room.

This is all the sunlight it gets, only on sunny afternoons, from a narrow window. Which was why I chose a Vivid Orange. The room badly needed brightening up, and the orange walls certainly do that very well!