It's been a long time since I wrote in my little blog!  

Today is July the Fourth. Happy Birthday America! Thank you to all our military families. You sacrifice as much as your spouses during deployment! I appreciate each and every one of you!

This is my first year participating in "Tour de Fleece"  Tour de Fleece is the spinner's take on Tour de France. We spin each day the racers are biking and see how much we can get accomplished.

I am pleased to say I have spun 140 yards on my little drop spindle since June 30th. It feels good to get back in the groove of spinning. I haven't spun in months! My goal is to finish spinning the superwash merino batt I got from my friend Paula last year, as well as to begin the brown alpaca roving I also bought from Paula! I'm making great progress!

I have some two ply yarn from this batt that I spun last year. I still have to soak and dry it to set the twist. The rest I am going to leave as a single ply. It is roughly a sport weight yarn. It has some beautiful shading. I am eager to find a smallish project for it when it's all done.

My dear hubby had major back surgery on June 4. We have been home together a lot. We are enjoying all the together time :)  He is doing very well. He broke out with shingles in the hospital after surgery; that's been the worst bit of his recovery. 

Since I am home most of the time, I have plenty of time for knitting and spinning. I hope to accomplish a lot this summer. 

I have many little hats that I must get photographed and listed for sale! They are cute as can be! I have sizes from preemie to toddler. As soon as I find someone with a good camera I can use, I will get them up on the blog.

Happy Knitting!+