May I present . . . the 80 gig swift!!  Made by the Greatest Brother in the World.  The turning point is a recycled computer hard drive that sadly died within minutes of being installed.  She's proudly holding a skein of merino/tencel laceweight from Briar Rose Fibers, now neatly wound into a center-pull ball.

The above Blueface Licester stripe yarn, spun by myself on a Balkan (two whorl) spindle made by my brother, has become this knitted item, also by me:

I'm very pleased with how the Argosy (linked to Knitty) scarf turned out.   

Ravelry inspired me to a little crochet lately, the Queen Anne's Lace scarf, in humble Sugar N' Cream cotton (the colors appeal to me):

That's what I thought when I found this -- big knitting bag!  It even has little metal feet on the bottom, so it never sits directly on the floor . . .

There's enough room in there for a whole sweater!  =)  Even better, I got this little beauty for well under ten bucks.

My funny little friend isn't overly impressed . . .

That's what I think when I look at this:

It's as though someone likes dandelion flowers so much they've pulled the petals off them & shredded the greens in a food processor.  It's my purchase from this past weekend's "Art on the Bay", which I got to skim through on my lunch half-hour Saturday.  A whetting of the appetite, possibly, for the coming weekend's Castle Farms Fiber Fest?  I'm working Saturday again, so I suppose it'll have to be Sunday if I can get there . . .

That's my new square, purple-stained spindle from Spinsanity.  Pretty & it doesn't roll around!  =)

I've been feeling so very busy this month!  I've been trained to man Reference at the library to fill in for a staff member currently recovering from surgery.  This tickles my Mom no end, being a former Reference Librarian herself.  This week I started to kind of enjoy it, finding my sea legs so to speak.  Thursday I felt so competent & productive!  It's a fantastic feeling.  I am so thankful I can hardly express it, praise God!

I need to knit more, though.  =)  There just aren't enough hours! 

More spinning, a Navajo three-ply of wool by Suzie from Perchance to Knit:

My little kittygirl is fairly content, too . . .