Surprise!
The big surprise was that I had a spinning lesson from the very generous Snow on Sunday! This is my very first handspun using a wheel. Very “rustic” as DH so politically put it when I came home and showed him. But, considering it was the very first time I had ever sat at a wheel, I’m pretty happy with it. I now know the feeling of when I’m drafting and controlling the twist properly. I can’t do it consistently yet, but I know that is just a matter of practice. Now that I know the proper feeling it should only get better from here, right? 
The next step is to pick a wheel and get it ordered!
The minor surprise was that I knit an entire sock on Friday and Saturday night…
However, I ended up not being happy with the gauge at 5.5 sts/inch so I’ll be frogging it. Last night at SnB I tried my hand at some adjustments to the overall pattern and I now have a three inch cuff…
These are using Cascade Fixation. The first uses US4’s and the second uses US 2.5. My gauge on the 2.5’s is about 8 st/inch and I think I will like the hand of the foot much better at this gauge. I’m calling the pattern “Heatwave” because I started them in the middle of a very early and hot heat wave here in Colorado and since they are cotton with shorter cuffs and have a wave-like pattern I think it is quite apppropriate.
Well, today is crunch day for the week and since DH stayed home from work yesterday to prepare more for his parents’ arrival for their week long visit I really need to get to work…
