I know it goes without saying that I’m still busy. ¬†If I wasn’t busy, I wouldn’t be happy. ¬†I’m one of those people who just can’t do idle. ¬†I am almost completely unable to sit still and do nothing. ¬†Which is why I knit, spin and do all sorts of other hobbies that you can do while sitting, if not still.
I did some spinning while watching the game last night. ¬†First I played some more with the Reeves Frame wheel I bought at MD. ¬†The fiber is some Crown Mountain in superwash merino that I brought with me to JessaLu’s house this weekend. ¬†I don’t remember the name of the colorway at the moment but I like it 
I “borrowed” the flyer with the larger bobbins from the Saxony as the new girl only came with 1 bobbin. ¬†I’ve ordered more but they have not arrived yet. ¬†I read somewhere that the Reeve’s frame is the prototype for the Matchless. ¬†I can see it. ¬†I should sit them next to each other and really compare them. ¬†But suffice it to say, mechanically, they are very similar. ¬†Hmmm, wonder if I can use the Matchless’ flyer on the Reeves. ¬†I’ll have to try that, though now thinking about it the new Schacht-Reeves shafts are a different diameter than the original Reeves. ¬†Anyway, I’m liking the new wheel very much.
Moving along, I went back to the Van Eaton where I had started some Border Leicester roving that I picked up at NYSW this year with the goal of spinning enough to knit another sweater from my favorite book: A Fine Fleece: Knitting with Handspun Yarns
I’ve got one bobbin filled already and this is the second. ¬†I bought about a pound and a half of the fiber so I have a little ways to go. ¬†It’s nice and it just about spins itself. ¬†Especially on this wheel. ¬†Have I mentioned how much I love my Van Eaton?! ¬†
The socks are progressing nicely. ¬†I’m about halfway through the foot as of the end of my commute this morning. ¬†I was chatting with my commuting buddy this morning so I got a lot of knitting done. ¬†I’m having a devil of a time trying to decide which train station to commute from. ¬†The one with the free large parking lot (where I had been for the last year or so) is further from home and down an awful street to drive. ¬†It is crowded, crossed by multiple sets of train tracks (2 freight and 2 commuter) as well as a bus route. ¬†The other station, which I used for almost a decade, has a paid lot (and my permit is expired) and some not so legal street parking. ¬†It is closer to home but involves walking across a 4 lane divided highway with a 35 mph limit but almost no one drives that slow. ¬†It is an uncontrolled crossing as well. ¬†Oh and a HUGE staircase up to the train platform. ¬†The other station is street level, but it also means I CAN GET HIT while I wait for the train. ¬†It also means that I can potentially miss the train there if I get blocked by the westbound train when the eastbound comes into the station. ¬†Sigh. ¬†I know, such problems. ¬† Playing human frogger vs. Road Rage.
I was literally screaming in the car on the way home last night. ¬†I got stuck at just about every intersection by some dunderhead trying to make a left and blocking the entire frakkin road so no one could get by, only to get stopped by a tractor-trailer backing into a driveway. ¬†UGH. ¬†I opted for the not-quite-legal parking behind the movie theatre at the old station for today. ¬†At least since I started going to the gym, the staircase isn’t that huge ¬†I’ll probably wind up getting a permit to the one lot and using it for the nicer weather and saving the frustrating drive down the horrible street to the better maintained winter lot.
Craft on!
