Biggest Spinner and other absolute randomness

I tried starting fingerless mitts tonight. Of course I didn't have the right size needle (why do I never have the right size needle?) and first they were really too big (baby hat size), then almost right, (but still too big), and then a smidge too small. I am still working on that one under the theory that they'll stretch. I'm knitting them in this lovely merino/angora yarn that I made The Sock out of back in April. It's beautiful yarn. Really too nice for socks, but would be so warm for fingerless mitts. If I can ever get gauge.

Definitely too small. Probably doing it wrong anyway. Frog.

I started knitting because my wrist is killing me, I think I pulled something spinning yesterday. Or maybe working at my real job. Or a combination of both. In any case, I thought that spinning might make it worse. Knitting didn't seem to stress it.

Spot the real cat

Meanwhile I am feeling guilty because I am not working out while watching the first episode of the Biggest Loser, instead I am nursing a spinning injury. Oh well, maybe people will think I got it in spin class.. Good story anyway.


Favorite things pictures: One of my tanks. Last night I did the filter in this one, and despaired of ever getting it looking good again. But it's decent tonight. We won't talk about the turtle tank where I killed the filter, only to have it miraculously revive in the middle of the night. Still a good reminder I should probably stop buying fiber and instead get the canister filter I've been meaning to buy for Slider.

Random fish tank picture

My new angelfish. I can't seem to keep them alive in this hard water so don't get all bonded. But this time I'm trying them in an established planted tank. If it works, I'll plant a bigger tank, age it,and set them up in there. Cause I love them. The upper picture is the same tank, with my rescue Blood Parrot. He was almost dead at Walmart and I took him home. That was 18 months ago. He's still little, but growing!

Raindrops on Roses

And whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles

and warm woolen mittens er yarn, er, mittens to be?

Bright paper packages tied up with strings, (especially new fiber!)

these are a few of my favorite things!

We'll end there before I get to snowflakes, which I appreciate, but I feel should stay on mountaintops to be enjoyed from a distance, not on my nose and eyelashes.

 

TV isn't a waste of time if you're spinning yarn, right? Because I just spent an entire evening watching reality shows and loving it, though I'm not sure I'm pleased with who won Top Chef this season. Survivor looks really interesting this year, now that I have DVR I actually manage to watch that, before DVR I always, always missed it for one reason or another.

I'm working on some Ashland Bay Merino/silk tonight, that looks kind of like the stormy night that was outside the windows. I think storms remind us of how lucky we are to live in a warm, weather proof house, but it also brings to mind the need for warm scarves, hats, mittens and sweaters. I wonder what the yarn I spun tonight will turn into?

Mercury approves of lazy evenings at home